Morocco to form new government by October 12th

25/09/2007

[Getty Images] El Fassi

Morocco's prime minister-designate, Abbas El Fassi, said on Monday (September 24th) that the new government would be formed before Parliament's opening session, scheduled for October 12th. El Fassi added that he had "good impressions" from last week's consultations with leaders of the outgoing ruling coalition. El Fassi will next meet the leaders of the three parties that were not part of the previous coalition – the Justice and Development Party (PJD), the Constitutional Union (UC) and the Unified Socialist Party (PGSU). El Fassi's party, Istiqlal, won 52 of Parliament's 325 seats while the PJD came in second with 46 seats.