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Kurdistan's incoming PM Nechirvan Barzani
meets with opposition leader Nawshirwan Mustafa
24.1.2012
By ekurd.net staff writers
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KDP Vice President and incoming Prime Minister,
Nechirvan Barzani (L) meets with Nawshirwan Mustafa,
the main Kurdish opposition leader from Gorran
movement in Sulaimaniyah, January 24, 2012.
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Gorran will stay opposition in new cabinet
January
24, 2012
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The Vice president of
Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP and the incoming
Kurdistan premier Nechirvan Barzani arrived in
Sulaimaniyah on Tuesday Hawlati website reported.
Nechirvan meets with Nawshirwan Mustafa, the main
Kurdish opposition leader from Gorran movement,
reportedly to discuss possibility of Gorran’s
involvement in the new cabinet.
After the meeting, Gorran says it will not take part
in the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional
Government that’s expected to be announced soon as
part of a political deal between the two ruling
parties in the Kurdish region in Iraq.
“We explained to Barzani that Gorran will remain as
an opposition force and will watch over the
government,” said Shaho Saeed, spokesman for the
Gorran party.
Barzani however had told a press conference that the
visit was not about cabinet formation because he had
not been officially assigned by the President of
Kurdistan Region to form his cabinet. “When I am
officially assigned with the task, I will visit the
opposition and other political forces for the
purpose again”
Barzani is also expected to visit other smaller
opposition groups, the Kurdistan Islamic Group and
the Kurdistan Islamic Union.
Earlier Monday the Iraqi Kurdistan’s opposition
announced that is not planning to
join the new government,www.ekurd.net
posing a major challenge for the new administration
which will likely be led by former PM Nechirvan
Barzani.
MP Abdul Salam Berwari told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday
that the party is endeavoring to join the opposition
parties to the government.
Both leading Kurdish parties agreed in 2009 to
exchange senior posts each two years.
As for the post of deputy premier, the candidate is
not determined yet, but it will be decided within a
month time, he added.
He elaborated that Barzani will try to join the
opposition in his government, but the opposition
announced separate statements that they will not
participate in the coming government and put their
conditions.
Berwari expected that the opposition will not
participate in the coming government.
Sources: Agencies
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