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Main Kurdish parties PUK& KDP announce
alliance for parliamentary elections in Kurdistan
8.5.2009
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“The
Kurdistani list” is the name of PUK& KDP joint list
May 8, 2009
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The
two main Kurdish parties announced officially on
Thursday that they will run in the forthcoming
parliamentary elections on one list, according to an
official in charge of elections in Iraqi President
Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union (PUK) of Kurdistan.
“The PUK and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
have registered their alliance on Thursday at the
Independent Higher Electoral Commission (IHEC) in
Erbil to participate in the parliamentary elections
under one list called the Kurdistan List,” Shorsh
Ismail said in a press conference attended by Aswat
al-Iraq news agency. |
“The Kurdistani list” is the name of PUK& KDP joint
list. |
Iraqi Kurdistan Region
President Massoud Barzani’s KDP and Talabani’s PUK
had allied with several other Kurdish parties on one
list during the 2005 legislative elections, where
they gained majority in parliament.
The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq,
which supervised the country's provincial council
elections in January, will oversee the vote and has
certified 41 political entities, with one final
application pending.
Those registered include a breakaway faction from
the PUK, the
"Change" list led by Talabani's former
deputy Nawshirwan Mustafa. His is a rare challenge
to the decades-old political powerhouse that has
alarmed PUK leaders.
Nawshirwan Mustafa, a former deputy leader
and co-founder of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party,www.ekurd.net
the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan, says he plans to head a political group
of independents called "Change" in the region's
upcoming parliamentary elections.
"We want to change this political system," said
Mustafa, adding he would campaign on promises to
battle corruption and improve the lives of the
region's population.
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