The Kurdistan Democratic Party calls on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to return to parliament: Demand your electoral entitlement.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party calls on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to return to parliament: Demand your electoral entitlement.
2026-11-12
Shafaq News – Sulaymaniyah
On Thursday, the Kurdistan Democratic Party called on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to quickly return to the sessions of the Kurdistan Region Parliament and participate in forming the new government, stressing that the Union can demand positions and political entitlements according to its parliamentary weight and understandings with the Democratic Party.
Fadhil Raouf, advisor to the Sulaimaniyah, Halabja and Raparin Organizations Office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, told a Shafaq News Agency correspondent that “President Masoud Barzani’s message represents an invitation to all political parties, especially the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, to return to parliament as soon as possible and demand their political rights and entitlements from within the legislative institution.”
He added that “the National Union, in accordance with the understandings with the Democratic Party and its electoral entitlement, can demand the positions that it sees as its right, whether in the presidency of the government or ministerial portfolios, provided that these matters are resolved through dialogue and agreement between the political parties.”
Raouf described the reactivation of the Kurdistan Parliament as “an important, legal and constitutional step,” noting that the continued suspension of the parliament for nearly two years would have exposed the legislative institution and the future of the regional government to legal and political risks.
He explained that “the session of November 4, which was held with the attendance of 52 deputies, came at the initiative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and before the date when some parties were preparing to file appeals before the Federal Court regarding the continuation of the work of Parliament.”
Raouf accused unnamed political parties of seeking to end the existence of the Kurdistan Parliament by resorting to the Federal Court, considering that such steps “cause great harm to the interests of the Kurdish people and the institutions of the region.”
He pointed out that “the convening of parliament allows for the continuation of the legislative process and the issuance of laws and decisions, as well as opening the way for the formation of a new government,” stressing that its reactivation came, as he put it, “for the benefit of the people of Kurdistan, and not for the benefit of the Democratic Party or any particular political party.”
Raouf stressed that Masoud Barzani’s call for dialogue is directed to all political forces in the region, with the aim of overcoming differences and agreeing on the formation of the new government cabinet with the participation of the parties that won the elections.
He renewed his call for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to return to parliament and demand its political entitlements through it, and to work with the other parties to form a new government that would end the political deadlock in the Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdistan Region Parliament held a session on November 4th, during which it elected its new leadership, amid a boycott by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the New Generation Movement, who objected to the session being held.
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