Netanyahu to request extra time for forming government

[Jefferson23]

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to make a formal request for extra time to piece together a new government, the president's office said Sunday.

After a surprise election victory, Netanyahu was on March 25 tasked by President Reuven Rivlin with forming the next government and given four weeks to do so.

With the deadline fast approaching, the Israeli leader was to formally request an extension of up to two weeks at a working meeting with Rivlin on Monday morning, the president's office said in a statement.

"At the conclusion of the meeting, the prime minister will request an extension of the time allocated to him to form the new governing coalition," a statement said.

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[Gothmog]

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