Abdelilah Benkirane, secretary-general of the Islamist Justice and Development party (PJD), arrives at a polling station in Rabat October 7, 2016 REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's prime minister has broken off talks to form a new government with two main coalition partners three months after the country's elections, deepening the worst political deadlock since the 2011 Arab Spring.
The failure to agree delays the appointment of a parliament chief and pushes back debate of Morocco’s economic reform programme to overhaul subsidies and public spending. It was not immediately clear how the politicians would proceed.
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