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Kurdistan parliamentary slate takes shape
16.6.2009
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June
16, 2009
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', —
Registration forms in Iraqi Kurdistan were finalized
by the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq
for the July 25 vote in the Kurdish Parliament.
Iraq voted in January for councils for 14 of the 18
provinces. The three Kurdish provinces -- Erbil,
Duhok and Sulaimaniyah -- will hold council
elections in January, while parliamentary elections
are slated for July 25.
The province of Kirkuk is given special
consideration as the vote there is postponed
indefinitely while officials hammer out
administrative disputes
Handren Muhamad, who heads the IHEC offices in Erbil
province, said hundreds of thousands of voters had
verified their eligibility for the July 25 contest,
the Kurdish Globe reports.
Similar accounts were reported in Duhok and
Sulaimaniyah.
IHEC officials said there are 509 candidates from
several parties and alliances competing for the 111
available seats in the Kurdish Parliament. Minority
groups were allocated 11 seats before the vote in
line with a quota system.
Four candidates -- Kamal Mirawdali,www.ekurd.net
Hussein Garmiyani, Safeen Ahmed, and Halo Ibrahim
Ahmed -- are challenging Massoud Barzani for the
presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government
(KRG) in Iraq.
The KRG faced criticism over its lack of democratic
reform as the two main parties, the Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party,
announced plans to run on a unified ticket.
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