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PUK: We will not repeat the agreement with KDP to extend Barzani’s presidency
7/10/2015 14:13:11
Mala Bakhtiar.
SLEMANI, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— The chief of executive body of polit bureau of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, Mullah Bakhtiar discussed with U.S Consul General in the Kurdistan region, Joseph Pennington, the overall situation in the region and developments in clashes of the Peshmerga forces against Islamic State group (IS) militants. The website cited that “during the meeting, the two sides discussed also the issue of oil and the economy as well as the problems between Baghdad and the province, the Kurdistan’s presidency, the Constitution and the talks of the parties and political forces and the continuation of meetings in this regard.” Kurdistan President and KDP leader Massoud Barzani will have served 10 years as president when his current term ends on August 19, 2015 Bakhtiar said during the meeting, “The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan would not repeat the bilateral agreement known the agreement 30 June, of extending the presidency of the region.” He noted “The PUK told the Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP that it is not ready to repeat the bilateral agreement as a result of change the other conditions.” In 2013, PUK lawmakers backed the extension of Barzani’s presidency beyond a two-term limit, overriding the opposition, which decried the move as a coup against democracy and hurled water bottles at the speaker of parliament. This time however the PUK has turned its back on the KDP, lining up with Gorran and the region’s Islamist block to demand that the president be elected by parliament rather than the people.
Political discussions have been taken place for some time about whether or not to renew his mandate. Many political parties believe that the President must be elected through a Parliamentary system.
Massoud Barzani has led Kurdistan region as president from 2005 for two executive terms and his last term was extended in 2013 by ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) for two more years on the condition that he can no longer run as president.
Masoud Barzani has set the August 20, 2015 as the date for presidential elections in the Kurdistan Region while the Kurdistan’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) says it does not have the necessary legal requirements in place to carry out an August 20 presidential election.
The KDP mainly predominates in western Kurdish provinces, while the PUK dominates in the east. The two parties run parallel administrations and each have their own units of the region’s security forces, known as peshmerga.
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7/10/2015 14:13:11
Mala Bakhtiar.
SLEMANI, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— The chief of executive body of polit bureau of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, Mullah Bakhtiar discussed with U.S Consul General in the Kurdistan region, Joseph Pennington, the overall situation in the region and developments in clashes of the Peshmerga forces against Islamic State group (IS) militants. The website cited that “during the meeting, the two sides discussed also the issue of oil and the economy as well as the problems between Baghdad and the province, the Kurdistan’s presidency, the Constitution and the talks of the parties and political forces and the continuation of meetings in this regard.” Kurdistan President and KDP leader Massoud Barzani will have served 10 years as president when his current term ends on August 19, 2015 Bakhtiar said during the meeting, “The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan would not repeat the bilateral agreement known the agreement 30 June, of extending the presidency of the region.” He noted “The PUK told the Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP that it is not ready to repeat the bilateral agreement as a result of change the other conditions.” In 2013, PUK lawmakers backed the extension of Barzani’s presidency beyond a two-term limit, overriding the opposition, which decried the move as a coup against democracy and hurled water bottles at the speaker of parliament. This time however the PUK has turned its back on the KDP, lining up with Gorran and the region’s Islamist block to demand that the president be elected by parliament rather than the people.
Political discussions have been taken place for some time about whether or not to renew his mandate. Many political parties believe that the President must be elected through a Parliamentary system.
Massoud Barzani has led Kurdistan region as president from 2005 for two executive terms and his last term was extended in 2013 by ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) for two more years on the condition that he can no longer run as president.
Masoud Barzani has set the August 20, 2015 as the date for presidential elections in the Kurdistan Region while the Kurdistan’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) says it does not have the necessary legal requirements in place to carry out an August 20 presidential election.
The KDP mainly predominates in western Kurdish provinces, while the PUK dominates in the east. The two parties run parallel administrations and each have their own units of the region’s security forces, known as peshmerga.
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