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In the
internal Iraqi political field, the Kurdistan
national council ratified a draft law of the
presidency of Iraq's Kurdistan district which was
proposed by the two main Kurdish parties, states
that Masoud al-Barazani will assume presidency for
four years.
The law of the district's presidency states that the
citizens of Iraq's Kurdistan are to elect through
direct secret general voting a president for the
district representing them, talking on their behalf
at the internal and external levels, and assumes
coordination between the federal authorities and the
district's authorities.
However, in this session, a chairman for the
district will be elected by the national council for
Kurdistan but to be elected in the next session by
citizens in direct elections.
The law also states that presidency duration for the
district to be four years and the president has the
right to nominate himself for a second term of
office.
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