Morocco World News
Rabat, May 11, 2013
Following the decisionof the Istiqlal party to withdraw from the PJD-led government, King Mohammed VI, who is in a private visit in Paris, called Hamid Chabat, secretary general of the IP and told him that Ministers of the party will remain in their posts, according to a communique made public on Sunday by the Istiqlal party.
On Saturday afternoon, the National Council of the IP, one of the main components of the PJD-led coalition, announced its decision to withdraw from the government.
Hamid Chabat directed harsh criticism to Abdelilah Benkirane, the head of the government.
In an interview with the daily Al Akhbar on Sunday, he accused Mr. Benkirane of receiving instructions from Iran and Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia and of using the same ‘language as the Muslim Brotherhood.’
“Benkirane works unilaterally, he never consults the majority. I am wondering whether the government is a government for Moroccans and whether it receives instructions from Egypt, Turkey, Iran or Tunisia,” he said.
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