Jordanian King, Abdullah II, reappointed Abdullah Nsour as premier and tasked him with forming the new government after talks between his chief of staff and parliamentarians.

Jordanian King, Abdullah II, reappointed Abdullah Nsour as premier and tasked him with forming the new government after talks between his chief of staff and parliamentarians.

"The king has accepted the resignation of the (previous) government and charged Abdullah Nsour to form a new government,” the royal palace said.

On January 29 Nsour tendered the resignation of his government following parliamentary elections which were boycotted by Islamists, the main opposition force.

King Abdullah had then instructed his chief of staff, Fayez Tarawneh to conduct consultations with members of parliament to appoint a new premier, in what was a new mechanism to involve the assembly in choosing the head of the government.

On Saturday the palace said the king had received "a comprehensive report on the consultations conducted by Tarawneh with members of the assembly."

Agence France Presse (AFP) quoted parliamentary sources as saying that Nsour and Interior Minister Awad Khlifat were the frontrunners chosen by MPs for the post of prime minister.

The parliamentary elections were won by people close to the regime, businessmen and tribal leaders, as the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood boycotted them.