June
17, 2009
SULAIMANIYAH, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', —
Some members of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's
party Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are
considering casting their votes for Change "Goran"
List, which was formed by PUK’s former second in
command, Nawshirwan Mustafa.
Change List is mainly composed of leading members of
PUK who have left the party and some independent
figures to participate in the July 25 parliamentary
elections.
As part of a strategic pact that was agreed upon a
few years ago,www.ekurd.net
PUK and Kurdistan
Democratic Party KDP will run for the election in a
joint list. Both PUK and KDP get equal number of
parliamentary seats, according to the agreement.
Now that Nawshirwan Mustafa has formed a list
outside his former party, there are worries that he
might attract most or some of PUK’s voters and
negatively affect the votes of PUK and KDP. |
Nawshirwan Mustafa, prominent former PUK leader and
co-founder of the PUK party. |
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