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Barzani is so far the only candidate for
Kurdistan's presidential elections
13.5.2009
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May
13, 2009
Erbil-Hewlêr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The parliamentary and the
presidential elections are scheduled to be held on
July 25 in Kurdistan. The president of the four
joint parties told Rudaw that he will not candidate
himself for the said position. Moreover, a source
from Change List, said that Nawshirwan Mustafa also,
is not going to candidate himself.
Massoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan, in a speech
in Kurdistan Parliament on May 5 tied his candidacy
for presidency to a direct election in which voters
can elect the president.
The president will be directly elected.
Three major lists compete during the parliamentary
elections. Kurdistani List consists of the Kurdistan
Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan. The Service and Reform List, a coalition
of four parties; Kurdistan Islamic Union,www.ekurd.net
The Islamic League, the
Social Democratic Party, and Independent Tailors
Party. The Change List, presided by Nawshirwan
Mustafa. |
Massoud Barzani, the President of the autonomous
Kurdistan region in Iraq's north |
So far only the
Kurdistani List has a candidate for the presidency
of Kurdistan.
The Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has set
five days timeframe for candidates to register for
the Presidency post, starting from May 17. The law
requires candidates to be at least 40 years old and
citizen of the country.
As for the election of Kurdistan's Vice President,
Sherwan Haydari, the head of Legal Committee in the
parliament said, "The Vice President will not be
elected by the elections but by the political
factions.”
This time PUK and KDP, unlike the 2005 elections in
which the coalition was broader, will run for the
election in a joint list in which they are the only
allies. They have also agreed to have an equal share
in parliament.
Sa'di Ahmad Pira, a member of PUK politburo, told
Rudaw the equality of shares is based on the
strategic agreement between PUK and KDP.
"Both parties will have an equal quota in parliament
and government", said Pira.
Although Pira didn’t say how PUK and KDP distributed
the share of power in the next government, but he
said, "Barzani is PUK and KDP's candidate for the
Presidency of Kurdistan. KDP appointed the Prime
Minister of the government for the last four years
by the terms of the strategic agreement between both
parties. The PUK has the right to claim this post
for the four coming years. This means that we both
are committed to the agreement.”
"Some believe the list should have a candidate for
the Presidency of Kurdistan but some reject the
idea. Those who advocate the idea believe that an
impartial person be nominated,www.ekurd.net
some prefer to candidate
Mustafa, as he wins more votes", a close source to
Wusha Company (Mustafa's Company) told Rudaw.
The same source said that it is likely that
Mustafa's list might not have any nominees for the
post.
In a former interview with Rudaw, Salar Aziz, a
leader in Change List, said that
Mustafa does not want to
become the President of Kurdistan or
the Prime Minister rather he wants for an active
parliament.
Nevertheless, Muhammad Tufiq Rahim, a member of the
management board of Wusha Company, in an interview
told Rudaw "So far we have not decided on nominating
a candidate for the post".
"I will not candidate myself for Presidency of
Kurdistan Region", Salahaddin Muhammad Baha'addin,
secretary general of the Kurdistan Islamic Union who
also heads the Service and Reform List, told Rudaw,
rejecting the rumor about his candidacy.
Abdulstar Majid, the spokesman of the Islamic
League, said that the four joint parties have not
discussed the subject.
"Neither the politburos of the four parties nor the
Islamic League have discussed the possibility of
nominating a candidate for the Presidency of
Kurdistan Region", Majid said.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, Rudaw
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