(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat - Following his dismissal as appointed Head of Government last week, Abdelilah Benkirane told reporters on Thursday that he is 'still the caretaker of the government and Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD).'
After the end of the General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), Benkirane said, 'I was the designated Head of Government. I did not manage to form a coalition government. King Mohammed VI [then] appointed a new Head of Government.'
'The period [in which I was an appointed Head of Government] is over with its positives and negatives,' Benkirane continued. 'It is the period which is over, not me – I am still alive.' Benkirane had spent five months attempting to conduct a fruitful negotiation with party leaders. He added that his successor as Head of Government, Saad Eddine Othmani, is the current speaker.
Othmani, who said that King Mohammed VI's decision for him to replace Abedlilah Benkirane took him by surprise, wasted no time, starting negotiations with party leaders on Tuesday.
To date, Othmani has met with Aziz Akhannouch, the Secretary General of the National Rally of Independents Party (RNI), a delegation from the Istiqlal Party (PI), Idriss Lachgar, Secretary General of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), and Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah, Secretary General of the Progress and Socialism Party (PPS).
Following Secretary General, Ilyass ELomari's meeting with Othmani, the PAM issued a communiqué on Wednesday, repeating their previously expressed position that they will not participate in the coalition government.
However, in his first interview with foreign media, Othmani said that he is well supported and expects to form the coalition government soon.
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