Jordanian prime minister-designate Awn Khasawneh on Tuesday started consultations to form a cabinet, as newspapers said the challenge was to rebuild trust between the state and the country's people.
"Khasawneh today began consultations to form his government, hoping to include all political powers," a member of his team told AFP.

King Abdullah II on Monday named Khasawneh, 61, an International Court of Justice judge, as prime minister, replacing Marruf Bakhit, with political reform as the top priority.

Khasawneh, a member of The Hague-based court since 2000, has said he is "open to everyone and we welcome the participation of Islamists and other groups in the government. We actually hope they would take part."
But Hamzeh Mansur, chief of the powerful Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, told AFP the opposition Islamists would "wait and see the cabinet line-up, its plans and actions."

The IAF, the main political party, refused to take part in the government of Bakhit, who was appointed in February.
"The success of the new government depends on rebuilding trust between the state and society," wrote Fahed Khitan, editor of the independent Arabic daily Al-Arab Al-Yaum.
Al-Ghad newspaper echoed the view.

"The magnitude of challenges for the new government is to regain the trust of the street and defuse unprecedented tensions," it said.
Meanwhile, the king told new intelligence chief Major General Feisal Shobaki that his appointment on Monday, replacing Mohammad Raqqad, was "part of our efforts to translate our comprehensive reform vision," a palace statement quoted the monarch as saying.

This, he said, means "supporting the reform process, by employing new tools and approaches ... in full respect of the institutional and legal frameworks, human rights and freedoms."
"These are the pillars of our comprehensive reform process, for a new, pluralistic, democratic Jordan, in which all citizens participate in shaping their country's present and future," he added.
Jordan has been the scene of protests since January to demand sweeping economic and political reform as well as tougher anti-corruption measures.