Faced with dominant rival, competing Kurdish parties reunite
Sulaimaniya’s PUK and Gorran parties have agreed to electioneer and vote together, hoping to clip the wings of acting President Massoud Barzani’s KDP.
At a ceremony in Dabashan, Sulaimaniya, Kosrat Rasul Ali (left, seated) and Nawshirwan Mustafa (right, seated) sign a political pact between the PUK and Gorran parties as PUK leader Jalal Talabani (center, seated) looks on, May 17, 2016. (PUK POLITBURO)
SULAIMANIYA - After seven years of rivalry, two of Kurdistan’s major political parties have effectively decided to reunite, with the aim of creating a bulwark against acting President Massoud Barzani.
The move follows months of political drift in which Barzani has remained in post since the end of his term in August 2015, precipitating a crisis that debilitated Kurdistan's regional Parliament and led to the sacking of several Cabinet ministers.
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