King Mohammed VI of Morocco has accepted the resignations of cabinet ministers from a political party that quit the government as talks are underway to find a replacement. A statement from the Royal Palace Monday night said the king had accepted the resignations of five ministers from the Istiqlal (Independence) Party but urged them to remain in their posts while Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane searched for a new partner. The Istiqlal Party pulled out of the government on July 9, according to a report of the Associated Press. The announcement came as Benkirane was meeting with the National Rally for Independents, a liberal party with roughly the same number of seats in parliament as Istiqlal.
