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Q&A: Abdulsatar Majid of the Komal party

A politburo member of a small but influential party in Kurdistan talks about the obstacles to Kurdish cohesion in Baghdad, and the changes the party is demanding in Erbil.
Abdulsatar Majid in April 2018. (RAWAZ TAHIR/Iraq Oil Report)

ERBIL - In Iraq's upcoming national elections, Kurdish politicians are fractured, with various parties running on different electoral lists and unlikely to negotiate as a cohesive bloc in Baghdad.

Minority parties say it's a result of ruling parties' decisions and grasp on power, which has created a toxic level of distrust.

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