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Iraq’s Kurdistan to hold fresh elections in 8 months
[PRESSTV] The parliament in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan has announced that legislative and presidential elections that were delayed due the ongoing political stand-off with Baghdad would be held in eight months' time."The Kurdistan parliament decided... to postpone the parliamentary elections in the autonomous region by eight months," Bahzad Zebari, a Kurdish politician representing the Islamic Union of Kurdistan, said on Tuesday. The politician did not elaborate on a new date for the elections, which had originally been set for November 1. The vote was delayed over an escalating stand-off between Erbil and the central government in Baghdad. Iraqi leaders have harshly criticized a decision last month by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to hold a referendum of independence in the region. They, along with neighbors Iran and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , say the move could further complicate security in Iraq and the entire Middle East. Sources in the Kurdish parliament said on Monday that political parties could not focus on introducing candidates for the elections and a postponement was inevitable. More than 90 percent voted in favor of independence in the September 25 referendum. Baghdad says it will not allow secession. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-25 |
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