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SOUTH KURDISTAN : Gorran approves agreement with PUK

The Movement of Change (Gorran) has approved an agreement with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over a mutual project to develop relations between the two parties in Kurdistan Region

According to NRT the PUK leadership council members voted on Saturday to approve the agreement with Gorran ahead of a meeting later that day. A member of the PUK leadership council, Mustafa Chaw Rash, stated that “Of 44 participants in the PUK leadership council, no one has opposed the agreement between Gorran and the PUK.” The agreement states Gorran and PUK blocs should cooperate in the Iraqi and Kurdistan Parliaments and provincial councils. As part of the agreement, the two parties are to compose a mutual list for an upcoming election. The agreement additionally emphasizes electing a president of the Kurdistan Region’s Parliament and consolidating more authority for the position of prime minister. The agreement asserts that parliament must be reactivated without any preconditions and leaves the agreement open for other parties to join. The two parties must abide by the agreement and cannot sign any other agreement which contradicts this one, according to the terms of the agreement. www.mesop.de