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Morocco: Abdelilah Bekirane appointed for another term as PM

In Morocco, Abdelilah Bekirane, leader of Morocco's Islamic Justice and Development Party has been appointed for another term as the country's Prime Minister. Mohammed VI, the king of Morocco, made the announcement yesterday, after Benkirane's PJD party emerged with the most number of seats in the 395-seat lower house of parliament. In Friday's elections, the PJD party, which has been running a coalition government since 2011, won 125 seats, while the opposition Authenticity and Modernity Party came second with 102 seats. <br/><br/>Mr Benkirane has been serving as Prime Minister in a coalition government since November 2011. Mr Benkirane and the PJD will now reach out to other parties to form a coalition government, because the multi-party system in the kingdom makes it impossible for any political party to win an absolute majority. Of the 395 members of the lower house, 305 are elected in multi-seat constituencies from electoral lists put together by the parties, while 60 seats of the remaining 90 are reserved for a national list of women and the rest 30 seats are set aside for candidates under the age of 35.

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