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Nechirvan Barzani officially agrees to run
the next gov't of Iraqi Kurdistan
18.1.2012
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Nechirvan Barzani former Kurdistan region PM and
deputy chairman of the co-ruling
Kurdistan Democratic Party
KDP party. Nechirvan is
the nephew of Kurdistan region president Massoud Barzani.
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January
18, 2012
ERBIL-Hewlęr,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Kurdistan Democratic
Party KDP Vice President and nephew of Kurdistan
region president Massoud Barzani. Nechirvan Barzani
has agreed to run the next regional government of
Iraqi Kurdistan, a KDP spokesman said.
In a statement Jaafar Ibrahim said the fifth prime
minister will return for a second go.
Barzani officially voiced his readiness to assume
the position from Prime Minister Barham Salih of the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK.
PUK, headed by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and
KDP, led by his Kurdish counterpart Massoud Barzani,
form the coalition Kurdish government.
According to the deal the two parties enter
elections together and share the government
positions 50-50. Under what was called the Strategic
Deal,www.ekurd.net
each of the KDP and the PUK will head the government
for two years during each term.
The KDP remained in office for entire four-year term
when the two parties won the 2005 elections. PUK
were hoping the KDP would allow them to stay in the
position for a complete term as well when the two
allies won the 2009 elections.
But PUK's star is waning. In the 2009 elections the
PUK lost many of its seats to the splinter group
Gorran [Change] Movement who hold 25 of the 111
seats in parliament. With this diminution of power
KDP is claiming the Prime Minister's officer back
after two years.
Ibrahim added the KDP leadership board will meet
Jan.19 to discuss the mechanism of handover from PUK,
led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
PUK and KDP politburos will also meet to discuss the
same topic, according to KDP spokesman.
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