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Morocco's PM vows to pursue reforms with new gov't

Xinhua, April 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

Morocco's Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani said on Wednesday that his new government will pursue the reforms launched by the former one.

El Othmani said that the government members have agreed to boost the implementation of the reforms launched by the previous government "to reach the goals that have been set."

The swift formation of the government was imposed by the harmful effects of the deadlock on the country as well as its economic, especially small businesses, El Othmani told the press following the appointment of his government by King Mohammed VI.

"We will put the interests of the Moroccan citizen beyond any other consideration," he insisted.

At the Royal Palace in Rabat, the king received El Othmani and formerly approved list of his 39-member cabinet.

The ministries were divided between the six partnering parties in the governmental coalition depending on their results in the parliamentary elections last October.

The government coalition is made of the leading Islamist Justice and Development Party, the liberal National Rally of Independents, the nationalist Popular Movement, the Constitutional Union Party, the leftists parties of Socialist Union of Popular Forces Party and the Party of Progress and Socialism.

The appointment of the new government ended a nearly six-month political deadlock. Endit