As the Kurdistan Parliament elections approach, the differences between the two ruling parties “esca

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[size=52]As the Kurdistan Parliament elections approach, the differences between the two ruling parties “escalate”[/size]

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2024-09-05
Baghdad
With the approaching launch of the propaganda campaigns for the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan scheduled to be held on October 20, the escalating rhetoric between the two ruling parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by Pavel Talabani and the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani, returns to the forefront of the tense political scene.[/size]
[size=45]Today, Thursday, the member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Burhan Sheikh Raouf, confirmed that the Kurdistan Democratic Party does not recognize the results of the elections and what has happened in Kirkuk so far, expecting political problems to occur after the regional elections.[/size]
[size=45]The regional election law stipulates that the new regional president be named and the government be formed by the bloc that wins the largest number of parliamentary seats, during the elections supervised by the Iraqi Federal Election Commission in Baghdad and monitored by the United Nations mission.[/size]
[size=45]Raouf said in a statement followed by “Al-Alam Al-Jadeed”, that “the crises of Kirkuk and Nineveh were created by the Democrats because of their loss and not obtaining enough votes to qualify them to form their government”, noting that “they are trying to create instability in Nineveh and Kirkuk to influence the general atmosphere”.[/size]
[size=45]The election campaigns are expected to heat up with the launch of the propaganda campaign on September 16 for the elections, which were organized under local and international pressures, after being postponed four times in a row due to deep differences between the two ruling parties. It is also likely that the election programs will not be as important as they are due to the exchange of accusations in a region suffering under the burden of internal crises fueled by political division, according to experts.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Kurdistan Democratic Party member Mohammed Amer Al-Dirshwi commented today, Thursday, on the statements of the leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan about regaining power in Kurdistan.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Dirshwi confirmed in a statement followed by “Al-Alam Al-Jadeed” that “these statements reflect political ambitions that the Patriotic Union seeks to achieve,” but he stressed that “rule in Kurdistan requires national consensus and a true partnership between all Kurdish parties to ensure the stability of the region and achieve the interests of its people.”[/size]
[size=45]“In the Kurdistan Region, our electoral system is based on multi-partyism in parliament, meaning that more than two parties have someone to represent them in parliament,” he added, noting that “representing more than one party in parliament means that the parties will need each other in order to form an alliance that can form the government and ministers. In my view, the talk and electoral propaganda outside this scope, which leads to conflict, aims to destabilize security.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "this speech is directed to a long-established party like the Democratic Party, the largest Kurdish party in terms of popular support and number of parliamentary seats, and the only party whose votes have increased in every election since 1992."[/size]
[size=45]He concluded by saying, "This matter does not serve the people of Kurdistan, as removing the Kurdistan Democratic Party from power in the region is not possible."[/size]
[size=45]He added: "What the Democrat is doing is contrary to the democratic principles and the peaceful transfer of power," noting that "most Kurdish parties fear that he will obstruct the regional elections in the same way, as he seeks to prevent them from being held."[/size]
[size=45]On August 20, former MP Ahmed Hama Rashid revealed that there were pressures on the Independent High Electoral Commission from some Kurdish parties to manipulate the region’s elections.[/size]
[size=45]The total number of seats in the Kurdistan Parliament is 100, 95 general seats and five seats allocated to the quota of components, while the total number of voters is more than 2.8 million voters, including 2.6 voters who will participate in the general vote, and more than 251 thousand voters for the special vote. The commission has also identified 1,266 polling centers and 6,318 polling stations.[/size]
[size=45]The dispute between the two ruling parties (the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Democratic Party) in the Kurdistan Region became clear after the formation of the Kirkuk government on August 8, when platforms close to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan published a photo of Bafel Talabani, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Saadi Pira, the spokesman for the union, and Qubad Talabani, the deputy prime minister of the regional government, standing next to each other after the formation of the Kirkuk government and the selection of a governor from the Patriotic Union after a session attended by 9 members of the provincial council at the Rashid Hotel in the capital, Baghdad. The Kurdistan Democratic Party considered this a provocation regarding Kurdish issues, stressing that the Kurdistan elections are coming, and they are the decisive factor in determining who represents the Kurds and who has the widest popularity.”[/size]
[size=45]On August 9, the Central Committee for the Management of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament Elections began its duties at its new headquarters in Erbil. This came in response to the request of the Kurdistan Region Presidency to complete the entire electoral process at the headquarters of the Commission in the Kurdistan Region and not to divide it, as it is exclusively related to the region, and to facilitate the attendance of representatives of political parties at the Commission’s headquarters.[/size]
[size=45]The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq announced the formation of three committees to supervise the electoral districts in the governorates of the Kurdistan Region.[/size]
[size=45]Each committee consists of three members. The first committee assumes its duties in the governorates of Sulaymaniyah and Halabja, the second in the governorate of Erbil, and the third committee supervises the elections department in Dohuk.[/size]
[size=45]The Independent High Commission announced the appointment of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners (Omar Ahmed Mohammed) as the general supervisor of the work of the aforementioned committees.[/size]
[size=45]Observers believe that localizing the salaries of the region’s employees and security forces in Kurdistan directly to Baghdad will greatly affect the extent of the subordination and harmony of the citizens of Kurdistan with the ruling parties in the region.[/size]
[size=45]On February 21, the Federal Supreme Court issued decisions regarding the Kurdistan Parliament Elections Law, and also decided to dissolve the High Elections and Referendum Commission in the region.[/size]
[size=45]The court also reduced the number of members of the Kurdistan Parliament to 100 members instead of 111 members, and dissolved the region’s election commission and replaced it with the election commission to manage the Kurdistan Region’s elections, with the Kurdistan Region being divided “into four regions” to hold the upcoming legislative elections for the Kurdistan Parliament, stressing that its decisions “were issued unanimously by the members of the court, and that they are final and binding on all.”[/size]
[size=45]Under the quota system, 11 seats are allocated to components: five seats for Turkmen, five seats for Chaldean, Syriac and Assyrian Christians, and one seat for Armenians.[/size]
[size=45]The last elections for the fifth session of the Kurdistan Parliament were held in 2018, a year after the region’s secession referendum, which was not legally recognized. About 3 million voters participated in the elections, to elect 111 representatives from among 673 candidates belonging to 29 political entities at the time.[/size]
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