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Kurds want Talabani re-elected Iraqi
president
8.1.2006
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ERBIL,
Kurdistan-Iraq, Jan 7 (AFP) - 15h39 - Iraq's
outgoing President Jalal Talabani has been
re-selected to run for the job, the two largest
Kurdish parties announced Saturday.
The president is to be chosen by the new national
parliament whose members were elected on December
15.
The president's re-selection was decided by leaders
of Talabani's own Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
and by those of the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party
(KDP) of Massud Barzani.
PUK and KDP leaders also announced they intended to
merge their respective administrations within the
autonomous region of Kurdistan, bringing all three
of their provinces under single rule.
Until now Barzani's KDP was solely responsible for
running Arbil and Dohuk, while Talabani's PUK ran
Sulaimaniyah province. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani
Photo: Reuters
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Since 1998, rivalries between the two formerly
warring Kurdish factions have prevented repeated
attempts to set up a joint administration.
The 111-strong regional parliament will be asked to
approve the measure.
AFP
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