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PUK and Gorran claim victory in
Sulaimaniyah
8.3.2010
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March
8, 2010
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The former stronghold of
Talabani's PUK party, now faces competition of the
Change list. In the last national Kurdish parliament
elections, the Change list managed to get the
majority of the seats in this province.
The famous 'hill' with Gorran's media channel KNN
and headquarters was surrounded by Change list
supporters late in the afternoon after the
elections. "We are celebrating because we are number
one in Sulaimaniyah and Kirkuk. We are very happy
there was no fraud," said a supporter of Change in
Sulaimaniyah.
Officials of the Change list were very happy hearing
the news that the voting was not extended, since
they say during the last Kurdish elections in the
summer, a lot of fraud happened in an extended
voting hour.
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Supporters of the Gorran party |
The Change list leader
Nawshirwan Mustafa showed a smile on his face, when
he heard the news. The KNN channel later broadcasted
that the Change list has won the majority of the
vote.
In the beginning the streets surrounding the main
office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan were
empty, but in the evening suddenly the streets were
filled with cars with KDP and PUK flags. The Kurdish
broadcasting channel of KurdSAT claimed the PUK won.
A supporter of the PUK said he was very proud of the
Iraqi Kurdish president Jalal Talabani. "Biji Mama",
(long live Jalal Talabani), he shouted.
There was also celebratory firing of both supporters
of the Kurdish opposition and the ruling PUK-party.
Both also used fireworks to celebrate.
In the whole of Iraq parties were quick to announce
their victories, which some experts see as
post-election games. But the final results will
become known next weekend,www.ekurd.netaccording
to the Iraqi Higher Electoral Commission (IHEC).
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK is led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
and the Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP is led by Kurdistan region President
Massoud Barzani.
Change list leader expects
fraud
After having voted, the leader of Change (Gorran)
Nawshirwan Mustafa told journalists that the ruling
Kurdish parties have tried to carry out fraud. He
hopes there is no unrest among the people.
Mustafa told journalists: "As a citizen of Iraq, I
can say: I am happy with changes and reforms. The
goal of our politics is to govern Iraq well."
He said its likely the governing party will commit
fraud. "This will happen anyway, but in which degree
I don’t know. Fraud will especially be carried out
by the government parties, that are doing every
thing to win today," the Gorran-leader says.
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