Sisi tells outgoing PM to form new govt

CAIRO, June 9 (AFP): Egypt's prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who took charge of office on Monday, had tasked him with forming a new government after the previous cabinet resigned.
Ex-army chief Sisi was sworn in as president on Sunday after winning a lopsided victory in a vote boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood movement of Mohamed Morsi, the elected president he deposed in July last year.
Interim premier Mahlab said Sisi had on Monday asked him to form a new government but that he had yet began such consultations, state news agency MENA reported.
The previous cabinet installed by Sisi, who has been the de facto leader since he ousted Morsi, resigned Monday to allow the new president to "choose an appropriate one to serve the nation," Mahlab said in an earlier statement.