Region: Joint Committee will soon begin to resolve the differences between Erbil and Baghdad

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A collective resignation in a Kurdish party threatens to break it up

Release date: 2018/12/25 11:52 • 441 times read

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) Six H members of the leaders and members of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan, resigned from the party, because of his policy and the intervention of the general guide in the formations of the party.

According to Kurdish media, the resignation of the six leaders came Tuesday morning, because of dissatisfaction with the party's policy and the intervention of the general guide in all the formations of the party. 
In the coming hours, the leaders will release a statement on their resignations. 
The outgoing members of the Kurdistan Islamic Movement are Kamil Mahmoud, Hama Amin Ashuri, Mohsen Mohammed, members of the Political Bureau, Sarbaz Khoshnaw, Mullah Ghafoor Jammali and Aram Kamel, who are leading members of the party. 
"The reason for their resignation is that all the powers are monopolized by the leader," said Srebaz Khoshnawi, a leading member of the Islamist movement. "Two months ago, through a project that demanded that their party be an institutional party, their request has not yet been answered."
He said he promised the six people, a large number of cadres and other members will resign from the party

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan calls for popular elections to choose the president of the region, not through parliament

10:09 - 29/12/2018

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
PUK demanded on Saturday that the president of the Kurdistan region be chosen through direct elections by the people, not through parliament. 
"The presidency of the Kurdistan region is better to be directly elected by the people," Union leader Tahseen Namik told Mawazine News. 
"This position before it was frozen," Namik said. "It was the people who determined the candidate who came to power." 
He stressed: "We have no objection to the nomination of Najran Barzani to the presidency of the Kurdistan region, but the legal way to get the confidence of the people in the region and not through parliament."
The Independent Electoral Commission for the elections and the referendum in the Kurdistan region, (Sunday 21 October 2018), the final results of the parliamentary elections that took place at the end of last September. While the official final results topped the Kurdistan Democratic Party as it was ranked first

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02-01-2019 09:39 AM

Barzani reveals the most important points of differences in the negotiations to form a government of Kurdistan

 

 

 

 

Baghdad :

 The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced on Wednesday that it has made progress during its negotiations with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on the formation of the Kurdistan government, indicating that another round of negotiations will begin next week to resolve the remaining contentious issues .

 The leader of the party Majid Shankali in a statement to the 'news', that 'negotiations to form a regional government with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has made great progress over the past days '.

 He added that 'points of disagreement with the Union centered on the nomination of the governor of Kirkuk, as well as the Federal Ministry of Justice', noting that 'the agreements on the positions of the Union and the Democrats have been largely resolved in the provincial government .'

 "The Democratic Party will start its next round of negotiations with the Union and other parties in the region next week to resolve all differences and go on forming the government ."

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Democratic delegation begins next week a new round of negotiations in Sulaymaniyah to form a government of Kurdistan

09:47 - 02/01/2019

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
A delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, next week, the province of Sulaymaniyah to start a new round of negotiations to form the Kurdistan Regional Government. 
Party member Delshad Shaaban told Mawazine News that his party "will visit Sulaymaniyah next week to start a new phase of negotiations with the rest of the parties to form the Kurdistan Regional Government." 
Shaaban added that "the other parties urgently to resolve the matter because the time has begun to delay, and the Parliament is required to meet to discuss the demands of citizens in the region." 
He added that "we must resolve the naming of the presidency of the Parliament of the Kurdistan region during the new round of negotiations to be followed by discussion on the composition of the provincial government and the share of parties from the ministries." 
The member of the party, that "the delegation will meet the National Union and the Movement for Change to reach a final agreement on participation in the government."
The Independent Electoral Commission for the elections and the referendum in the Kurdistan region, (Sunday 21 October 2018), the final results of the parliamentary elections that took place at the end of last September. While the official final results topped the Kurdistan Democratic Party as it was ranked first

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It's all about the greed, brinkmanship & getting their " deserved " piece of the action. The citizens don't stand a chance. Oh they'll get some  great table scraps . . . but the real winners: the Career Criminal Politicians. 

 

This situation is not unique . . . ALL governments have their rats. Over the years, we've just seen these folks in such glaring light it gives us pause to look even deeper at our " Democracy."

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The Kurdistan Regional Government is waiting for a difficult birth and the parties are demanding to secure positions before the negotiations

10:36 - 04/01/2019

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
Kurdish sources informed, Friday, the start of a new round of negotiations to form the Kurdistan Regional Government next week, noting that the government is waiting for the birth of difficult to form. 
The sources said in an interview with "Mawazin News" that "the Democratic Party and the National Union and the Movement for Change will embark on a new round of negotiations to form a government next week," indicating that "the negotiations will focus on the distribution of positions between the lists winning and candidates for them." 
She added that "the Democratic Party of Egypt to take over the presidency of the region and the ministers, while demanding the Union to ensure the presidency of the Parliament of Kurdistan and the Ministry of Justice in the federal government before the start of negotiations, which is rejected by the Democratic and demands the separation of the two files." 
She pointed out that "the Change Movement demanded the position of Deputy Prime Minister and the Ministry of sovereignty before the start of negotiations," stressing that "
The sources said that "the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government is waiting for a difficult birth process may be delayed for several months." 
The elections of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament were held at the end of last September, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani won the highest votes.

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Democratic and national postponement of an important meeting regarding the formation of the Kurdistan government

08:52 - 08/01/2019

 

 

 

Erbil - Mawazin News 
The Kurdish Democratic and National parties decided on Tuesday to postpone an important meeting on the formation of the Kurdistan government. 
A correspondent, "Mawazin News," that "the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the National Union postponed any meeting whatever is scheduled to be held today, in Erbil to another notice." 
He attributed the reason, "the lack of agreement between the parties on critical issues, including the file of the formation of the Kurdistan government and the issue of Kirkuk." 
The Kurdish parties are negotiating rounds to reach a compromise formula on the distribution of positions among the winning parties to form the Kurdistan Regional Government

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Kurdistan cabinet holds meeting to discuss several files

10:30 - 14/01/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Kurdistan region, on Monday, a meeting to discuss several files highlighted the share of the province of the general budget. 
An informed source told Mawazine News that the Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers is holding a meeting today to discuss the financial situation in the Kurdistan region and the ongoing preparations for the preparation of the budget in the region, noting that "the Minister of Finance will report in this regard." 
The source pointed out that "the Council of Ministers will also discuss the federal budget for the current year and the share of the Kurdistan region, including, and how to deal with the Kurdish MPs with the budget and passed in the House of Representatives." Ended 29 / a 43

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A high-level meeting between the two main parties began in Erbil

 

 

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A small meeting of two delegations from the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the capital of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, began yesterday.

The meeting started under the direct supervision of the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, and his deputy, Nechirvan Barzani, in the presence of the leaders of the first row of the party.

While the head of the delegation of the National Union Kosrat Rasul Ali in addition to the leaders of the party.

 The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Horman Hawrami on the social networking site "Twitter" announced yesterday that the meeting includes in its agenda, "the assessment of bilateral relations and exchange of views on how to proceed with the formation of the government and discuss the equations and developments of public policy."

Since the holding of the Kurdish legislative elections more than three months ago, the Kurdish parties and parties fought several rounds of negotiations and dialogues to agree on a formula to form the new cab of the provincial government without producing anything concrete.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party nominated the current president of the Kurdistan Regional Government and its vice-president, Nezhirvan Barzani, to preside over the region.

The Democratic Party won 45 seats in the parliament of Kurdistan, which consists of 111 seats away from the nearest rivals, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which gets 21 seats comfortably.

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The two Kurdish parties announce the results of their meeting and agree on several items

03:28 - 14/01/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
The two main Kurdish parties and the Patriotic Union, on Monday, agreed to proceed quickly to form a regional government and resolve the outstanding issues with Baghdad. 
"We discussed the formation of the regional government, which we have prioritized in the meeting," Democratic Party spokesman Mahmoud Mohammad told a joint news conference with Union spokesman Saadi Bira. 
"The meeting also highlighted the completion of the formation of the government in Baghdad and the resolution of the file of Kirkuk." 
For his part, said Bireh, "The issue of Kirkuk will not be resolved only in accordance with Baghdad," noting that "Kirkuk is the only province that lives military scenes of the troops in this and this is not at all with the province."
On the meeting, said Bireh, "We agreed during this meeting expected and many expected to form committees to follow up its results and to continue meetings of the political offices of the two parties."

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On 1/2/2019 at 8:42 PM, 10 YEARS LATER said:

It's all about the greed, brinkmanship & getting their " deserved " piece of the action. The citizens don't stand a chance. Oh they'll get some  great table scraps . . . but the real winners: the Career Criminal Politicians. 

 

This situation is not unique . . . ALL governments have their rats. Over the years, we've just seen these folks in such glaring light it gives us pause to look even deeper at our " Democracy."

What democracy 10? These days it’s but an illusion of democracy. Sad days lie ahead for this country. I just read today that our trade deficit with China was at a record for 2018. Up 17 percent from 2017. Not that has anything to do with democracy but it makes you wonder what’s really going on. The 16 day Obama gov shutdown has cost this country 24 billion to date and .6% gdp. We are in day 24 and counting. The long term effects of this one are going to be huge. All for 5.6 billion to fund the wall. 

Sad really. I hope I’m wrong

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1 hour ago, mr.unlikely said:

What democracy 10? These days it’s but an illusion of democracy. Sad days lie ahead for this country. I just read today that our trade deficit with China was at a record for 2018. Up 17 percent from 2017. Not that has anything to do with democracy but it makes you wonder what’s really going on. The 16 day Obama gov shutdown has cost this country 24 billion to date and .6% gdp. We are in day 24 and counting. The long term effects of this one are going to be huge. All for 5.6 billion to fund the wall. 

Sad really. I hope I’m wrong

 

It’s all BS .... I put “ Democracy “ in quotations.... it’s all Bull Shiite. 

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The new generation joins the Alliance for Reform and Reconstruction

05:32 - 15/01/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD ( 
Reuters) - The leader of the new generation movement, Chaswar Abdulwahid, joined the coalition of reform and reconstruction on the basis of national partnership on Tuesday afternoon after a meeting with representatives of the reform alliance to discuss with his bloc in Sulaymaniyah. 
Following the announcement of the alliance visit to the delegates from the reform front to the headquarters of the new generation in Sulaymaniyah was one of the leadership of the stream of wisdom, Salah al-Arabawi and the leader of the National Coalition Hassan al-Shuwaird, and the two sides during a press conference held on Tuesday afternoon January 15, 2019 on the need to take care of all issues of Iraqi citizens Both from a national perspective and away from national and sectarian obstacles.
"The new generation refuses to participate in the government of the region and remains outside the authority to devote itself to defending the rights and interests of citizens and offering alternative and reform programs instead of the existing partisan quotas," said 
Abdul-Wahid, head of the new generation movement. Kurdish citizens with the rights of the concerns of Iraqi citizens from Basra to Kurdistan , both in cooperation with the components of reform. " 
He said Abdul Wahid that" the components of reform are the closest political blocs of the mobility program at the current time on the level of Iraq. " 

For his part , he praised the leadership of the nation Of Hassan Alchuird on the response of the new generation with the proposals of reform and stressed to accelerate the pace of cooperation between the two sides in the coming period.
Earlier on Tuesday, a delegation from the Reform Front visited the movement of the new generation in Sulaymaniyah and discussed with the head of the movement, Shawwar Abdul Wahid, issues of mutual interest in the Iraqi arena and within the Kurdish center. 
It is noteworthy that the movement of the new generation headed by Shawwar Abdul Wahid won in the parliamentary elections held on the twelfth of last May, four seats in the House of Representatives, and won in his first participation in the parliamentary elections of Kurdistan to 8 parliamentary seats, winning fourth place At the level of the region

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Kurdish negotiations to convince the Islamic Group to participate in the Kurdistan government

11:42 - 17/01/2019

 

 

 

Special - Mawazin News 
A political source familiar with, Thursday, Kurdish negotiations to persuade the Islamic Group to participate in the Kurdistan government. 
The source told Mawazine News that "Kurdish talks are going on to convince the Jemaah Islamiah to participate in the provincial government and give it the post of secretary of parliament." 
He pointed out that "there is an agreement to grant the movement of change the post of deputy head of the Kurdistan region, which will be taken by Najran Barzani, according to the latest agreement between the Kurdish parties." 
A former political source told Mawazine News that "the recent talks between the three Kurdish parties have yielded important results to accelerate the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government." 
He added that "an agreement was made to take over the MP from the Patriotic Union of Iraqi President Talabani, the presidency of the Parliament of the Kurdistan region, and is dominated by Hurami, head of the Democratic Party bloc as deputy speaker of parliament."
He pointed out that "the new government will be from the three parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Union and the National Movement for Change, and other minorities of Turkmen and Christians and other components." 
The Independent Electoral Commission for the elections and the referendum in the Kurdistan region, (Sunday 21 October 2018), the final results of the parliamentary elections that took place at the end of last September. While the official final results topped the Kurdistan Democratic Party as it was ranked first

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Kurdish negotiations .. Democratic and change meet to agree on positions in the Kurdistan government

10:44 - 22/01/2019

 

 

 

Erbil - Mawazan News 
The Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Movement for Change, Tuesday, a meeting in the framework of negotiations to form a government of Kurdistan and agree on the distribution of positions. 
The correspondent / Mawazin News /, "The Kurdistan Democratic Party held today, a meeting with the Movement for Change to discuss the file of the formation of the provincial government and the agreement on positions." 
He pointed out that "the delegation of the Democratic consists of (Azad Barwari, Mahmoud Mohammed, Jaafar Eminki, Hymen Hawrami, Dilshad Shihab, and Sophie)," Mirdafa: "The delegation consists of the movement of change from (Jalal Johar, Mustafa Sayed Qadir, , Ali Hama Saleh, Dana Abdel Karim, and Zamanaku Jalal). "

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Democratization and change agree on the territorial government

Editorial Date: 2019/1/22 19:19 • 166 times read

Baghdad - A member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Hoshyar Zebari, said on Tuesday that there is an agreement between the Democratic Party and the Movement for Change to overcome differences and accelerate the formation of the new government in the Kurdistan region.

He added Zebari, in a press statement, "was agreed with the Movement for Change on the formation of two committees, to agree on the new government program, and obligations on the parties that will be participating in this government, and the meetings were good," He said, "We said during the meeting that the formation of the government has been delayed, This is not in the interest of any party. " 
Abizaid said that "the constitutional vacuum and the government in the Kurdistan region is not in the interest of anyone," noting that "we must agree on the President of the Parliament and meet the parliament to begin the process of forming a new government for the Kurdistan region, and if we managed during this month to name a speaker, Is a great achievement. " 
The Kurdistan Democratic Party held a meeting on Tuesday, with the Movement for Change, to discuss the formation of a new government in the Kurdistan region

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KDP, PUK Start Another Round Of Talks To Form New Government

4 daysagoIraq

NRT

 

 

Delegations from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have met again in Sulaimani City in order to discuss the formation of a new cabinet for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

Another round of talks between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on the formation of a new cabinet has started in Sulaimani city.

A delegation from the KDP met with a high-level delegation from the PUK in Suaimani on Monday (January 21) to discuss the formation of a new government.

A source from the PUK Politburo told NRT Digital Media that both sides would discuss the results of talks conducted by a special negotiating committee.

Meanwhile, a member of the KDP delegation, who spoke under condition of anonymity, told NRT Digital Media that a delegation from the Change Movement (Gorran) would visit the KDP in Erbil for separate negotiations.

107 days have passed over the Kurdistan parliamentary election. Previous meetings between the three parties failed to yield an agreement.

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National Union reveals the results of his meeting and warns of the collapse of the situation in Kurdistan in this case?

01:08 - 26/01/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazin News 
The PUK revealed on Saturday the results of its meeting today in the province of Sulaymaniyah, warning of the collapse of the situation in Kurdistan in one case. 
A member of the Political Bureau of the Union, Saadi Bireh, in a press conference, followed by / Mawazin News /: "We discussed the issue of stabilization of the allocations of the Kurdistan region in the Iraqi budget for 2019," Mirdafa: "We appreciate the position of the Iraqi parliament of this file." 
He added: "We discussed in the meeting the issue of the formation of the Kurdistan government," pointing to "naming two committees, and the preparation of a political paper in this regard concerns the talks with the rest of the political parties in Kurdistan." 
He stressed the member of the Political Bureau, the "real and effective partnership with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and other parties, on politics, economy, security and others."
He added that "the meeting also discussed the situation in Iraq in general and the various political, economic and security aspects, including oil prices," calling on the Iraqi government that "the government is far from militarism." 
"If the relations between the Patriotic Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Party are to be reduced, the situation in Kurdistan will be the worst," he warned.

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For these reasons the meeting of the Democratic Union was postponed in Erbil

 

Erbil - Iraq Press - January 29: The spokesman of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Saadi Ahmed Perah, said Tuesday that the postponement of the meeting with the Democratic Party came in order to put forward a full vision during the meeting for a number of important topics that concern the Kurds.

"The people in the Kurdistan region no longer tolerate more time to form a government because it needs a government capable of solving its economic problems. If we delay more, the citizen's confidence will collapse as political parties," he told reporters.

"He predicted that the" file on the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government at the end of next month, "noting that" this time is enough to reach the three parties Democratic and the National Union and the Movement for Change to a decisive agreement to form a government and the distribution of positions sovereign and ministerial. "

And witnessed the past hours anticipation of the meeting, which was described as crucial to the most outstanding issues between the Kurdistan Democratic Union and the National Union in Erbil, which was hoped to be attended by senior leaders of both parties.

According to senior political sources in Kurdistan, "the meeting will pave the way for a tripartite meeting between the two parties and the movement of change may be held on the same day or one day after which will decide the formation of the government of the region."

Sources close to the Union Party said that "the first meeting will result in special decisions, and there is a convergence of views after the comments of provincial government President Necrvan Barzani, which denied the prevention of President Barham Saleh from entering Arbil in addition to ongoing meetings between the internal committees."

 

The sources pointed out that "in the event of an agreement may result in two decisions to nominate a new governor of Kirkuk and resolve the issue of the Ministry of Justice as the most outstanding issues between the parties." (1)

 

 

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A meeting between the parties Barzani and Talabani to agree on the important files and the name of the Speaker of Parliament

 

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Erbil 

correspondent correspondent 'orbit', on Sunday, that a meeting between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Democratic Party will be held next Tuesday to discuss the important files and the naming of the President of the Parliament of the Kurdistan region. 

"The meeting on Tuesday will discuss a report on four committees formed on the formation of the new government and the files of Kirkuk and Baghdad and the distribution of positions and a four-year agreement between the two sides." 

He added that the Democratic Party will ask the National Union, during the meeting, to nominate the President of the Parliament of Kurdistan within one week, and then choose the Presidency of Parliament within several days, and the National Union will formally submit all its demands to the Kurdistan Democratic Party, National Union, especially that the two sides discussed orally the draft of the National Union in the past days'.

 

 

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A crucial meeting between the democratic and the national to resolve the composition of the Kurdistan government

12:19 - 05/02/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazin News 
The Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) held a meeting in Arbil on Tuesday to resolve the formation of the Kurdistan government. 
Political sources told Mawazine News that "two high-ranking PUK and KDP members held a meeting today to resolve the formation of the Kurdistan government and the distribution of positions." 
The sources added that "the meeting was held under the supervision of Kusrat Rasul Ali, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Union, and Nijervan Barzani, deputy head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party."

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Democratic Party announces the designation of the Presidency of the Parliament of Kurdistan and wants a position for the constituents

 

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced on Tuesday that the next session of the Parliament of Kurdistan will witness the election of the Presidency of the Parliament and then follow the other steps in turn to name the President of the region, which will cost the candidate of the largest bloc in the formation of the new government of Kurdistan.

A spokesman for the party said in a press conference held today in Erbil after a meeting of the two parties that "on the 18th of this month will be holding a meeting and the election of the presidency of Parliament and then come the other steps in succession in the selection of the President of the region, which in turn will cost the Prime Minister to form a government to vote in parliament "He said.

He pointed out that "the Turkomans and Christ is one of the original components in the Kurdistan Region and they are our partners in the homeland, and must be involved in positions," adding that the Kurdistan Democratic Party would prefer to be the second deputy speaker of the parliament.

On the situation in Kirkuk, Mohammed said that "our headquarters are occupied in the province by the popular crowd and the rest of the ranks of the Iraqi security forces," adding that "the party is not ready to be there in the presence of military hegemony."

"We have to normalize the situation in Kirkuk and end the military manifestations and then we will reopen the party headquarters in the province," he said.

On the session of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, which will be held in the capital Arbil, the spokesman said that the selection of a new governor of Kirkuk will be an agreement between the Democratic Party of Kurdistan and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

 

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PUK prevents its leading members from "press statements"

 

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BAGHDAD - 
A political source in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said Friday that the political bureau informed them of an official letter that they had no right to make press statements to any media organization. 
A source for the 'orbit', that 'the political bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan told an official letter all members that they have no right to make press statements to any media institution'. 
The source added that 'the decision came so as not to affect the statements on the course of meetings between the National Union and the Kurdistan Democratic and create obstacles to the agreement between the parties that are planned to be held between the two sides', pointing out that 'the ban lasts for only one week.'

 

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🤔 wonder who else is restricted from making press statements and for how long 🤔 until after budget is posted or after ports open? Or after the RV😁😁😁

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A meeting is expected today for the Kurdistan Union to nominate candidates for his share of positions in the region and Kirkuk

09/02/2019 10:26 AM | Number of readings: 205

 

 

A meeting is expected today for the Kurdistan Union to nominate candidates for his share of positions in the region and Kirkuk
An informed source said Saturday that the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan will hold a meeting, today, to nominate the party candidates for his share of positions in Kurdistan and the province of Kirkuk.

The source said in a press statement followed by "The Covenant News", "The Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, will hold a meeting today in Sulaymaniyah at 11 am."

He pointed out that the meeting comes "to discuss a number of files, including naming candidates for the executive positions in the Kurdistan government as well as the post of President of the Parliament of the region and discuss the file of Kirkuk," adding that the meeting will discuss "activating the political agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic and the situation in Baghdad and discuss the names of candidates for the post of governor of Kirkuk "He said.

On Tuesday (February 5, 2019), the Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) agreed to resume holding meetings in the provincial parliament, appointing a candidate for prime minister and re-convening the Kirkuk provincial council.

"In the next few days, a joint committee of the two parties will begin to prepare the political project of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)," PUK spokesman Saadi Ahmed Perah told a news conference after the meeting in Erbil.

He pointed out that "efforts will be made to finalize the Committee in the preparation of the paper and the government program in a short time and during this week."

He pointed out that "it was agreed during the meeting that the Kurdistan Regional Parliament will hold a meeting on February 18, and that the Kirkuk Provincial Council will hold a meeting on the same date in cooperation between the two main parties and the Kurdistan Regional Government to choose a new governor."

He added that the two parties agreed to assign the candidate of the Prime Minister, Massur Barzani, during the meeting scheduled to be held on the date mentioned, in addition to the selection of Governor of Kirkuk.