Kurdish sources say the two Kurdish parties had agreed on a presidential candidate, but then denied it because of Maliki.

Kurdish sources say the two Kurdish parties had agreed on a presidential candidate, but then denied it because of Maliki.

2026-02-13

Kurdish sources say the two Kurdish parties had agreed on a presidential candidate but then denied it because of MalikiThe past 48 hours have witnessed a state of political confusion, when confirmed information was leaked about the two Kurdish parties, the KDP and PUK, reaching a decisive political agreement to support a single candidate for the presidency, as well as the distribution of positions between the two parties in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region, only for the agreement to be denied later.

Information indicates that the two Kurdish parties have already reached a final agreement, but they do not want to announce it, so that they do not reach the moment of holding a session to elect the President of the Republic and assign the Prime Minister, because at that time the Kurds will have to bear the responsibility of “assigning Maliki” and enter as a party in conflict with Trump, who put a veto on Maliki.

According to the information, the agreement stipulated that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s candidate for the presidency, Nizar Amidi, would be the only official Kurdish candidate in the House of Representatives. The sovereign ministry allocated to the Kurds in the federal government would be given to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, as well as between 7 and 9 ministries in the regional government, provided that none of them were security ministries.

Also, among the positions that will be granted to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are the position of Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament, the position of Deputy President of the Region, and the position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Region. This means that the position of Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region and the position of President of the Region will be the share of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), with them being granted more than 11 ministries in the regional government, according to the sources.

Kurdish political sources said that one of the reasons for delaying the announcement of the agreement on the president of the republic is to give sufficient time to the coordination framework to decide whether or not to nominate Maliki. A Kurdish deputy also suggested that the process of electing a new president of the republic and appointing a new prime minister will be delayed until after Eid al-Fitr if the disagreements over Maliki continue, whether at the internal level or at the level of American rejection.

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