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June 24th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Gorran (Change Movement), reiterated their calls for complete preparations for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region (KAR) of Iraq after disputes over parliament are resolved.
KAR parliament in first session after 2013 elections. Parliament has since been suspended.(archives)
The leadership committees of the PUK and Gorran, on Friday, issued a statement stressing that “Complete preparations should be made after the normalization of the parliament to hold the referendum with the intention to declare independence, in which disputed areas should also participate.”
The statement came after a meeting that was held as part of the PUK’s mediation efforts between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Gorran.
Parliament in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region has not sat since October 2015 after the KDP and Gorran fell out over the president’s term of office. Gorran also favors a parliamentary system of governance while the KDP prefers a presidential one.
Gorran has been the most outspoken party in demanding that the referendum on independence be legislated by the parliament. The PUK, for its part, announced that it would hold talks on the issue of parliament with each party before the Eid holiday this weekend in an attempt to resolve disputes and reach an agreement under which parliament could convene.
The PUK and Gorran will meet again after Eid, according to their joint statement, to “focus on the decisive questions of the Kurdistan Region.” The referendum is scheduled for September 25. The date was set after a multi-party meeting chaired by KAR President Masoud Barzani, who is also head of the KDP. Gorran did not attend the meeting in early June.
CH/L – nsnbc 24.06.2017
Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/06/24/puk-and-gorran-call-for-settling-disputes-about-parliament-before-iraqi-kurdish-independence-referendum/
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