June
21, 2007
Erbil, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- Iraqi
president Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan regional president
Massoud Barzani's co-ruling Kurdish Democratic Union
party will present a joint list of candidates in
local elections later this year, according to a well
placed source in the Kurdistan regional government.
"Four commissions have been set up for this purpose
and have been created under a strategic accord
signed by both parties under which they will present
a single electoral list," Kurdish Democratic Union
party, Muhammad Mulla Qader, told journalists.
The announcement of the joint PUK-Kurdish Democratic
Union party electoral list has reportedly alarmed
smaller Kurdish parties, but Mulla Qader sought to
reassure them saying: "The agreement is aimed at
unifying the two parties' positions for the benefit
of the population of Kudistan. It is not an alliance
aimed at anyone and will strengthen the Kurdish
party system."
The PUK and the Kurdish Democratic Union party will
present a single list of candidates in parliamentary
elections due at the end of the year, according to
an unnamed independent source.
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Iraqi president Jalal Talabani's (L) Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan regional president
Massoud Barzani (R) |
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