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Nechirvan Barzani officially agrees to head seventh cabinet
18/01/2012 12:40
ERBIL, Jan. 18 (AKnews) - Kurdistan Democratic Party Vice President Nechirvan Barzani has agreed to run the next regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan, a KDP spokesman said.
In a statement Jaafar Ibrahim said the fifth prime minister will return for a second go. Barzani officially voiced his readiness to assume the position from Prime Minister Barham Saleh of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
PUK, headed by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and KDP, led by his Kurdish counterpart Massoud Barzani, form the coalition Kurdish government.
According to the deal the two parties enter elections together and share the government positions 50-50. Under what was called the Strategic Deal, each of the KDP and the PUK will head the government for two years during each term.
The KDP remained in office for entire four-year term when the two parties won the 2005 elections. PUK were hoping the KDP would allow them to stay in the position for a complete term as well when the two allies won the 2009 elections.
But PUK's star is waning. In the 2009 elections the PUK lost many of its seats to the splinter group Gorran [Change] Movement who hold 25 of the 111 seats in parliament. With this diminution of power KDP is claiming the Prime Minister's officer back after two years.
Ibrahim added the KDP leadership board will meet Jan.19 to discuss the mechanism of handover from PUK, led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
PUK and KDP politburos will also meet to discuss the same topic, according to KDP spokesman.
By Wushyar Aswad
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18/01/2012 12:40
ERBIL, Jan. 18 (AKnews) - Kurdistan Democratic Party Vice President Nechirvan Barzani has agreed to run the next regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan, a KDP spokesman said.
In a statement Jaafar Ibrahim said the fifth prime minister will return for a second go. Barzani officially voiced his readiness to assume the position from Prime Minister Barham Saleh of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
PUK, headed by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and KDP, led by his Kurdish counterpart Massoud Barzani, form the coalition Kurdish government.
According to the deal the two parties enter elections together and share the government positions 50-50. Under what was called the Strategic Deal, each of the KDP and the PUK will head the government for two years during each term.
The KDP remained in office for entire four-year term when the two parties won the 2005 elections. PUK were hoping the KDP would allow them to stay in the position for a complete term as well when the two allies won the 2009 elections.
But PUK's star is waning. In the 2009 elections the PUK lost many of its seats to the splinter group Gorran [Change] Movement who hold 25 of the 111 seats in parliament. With this diminution of power KDP is claiming the Prime Minister's officer back after two years.
Ibrahim added the KDP leadership board will meet Jan.19 to discuss the mechanism of handover from PUK, led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
PUK and KDP politburos will also meet to discuss the same topic, according to KDP spokesman.
By Wushyar Aswad
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