MESOP : SOUTH KURDISH PARTIES – Change movement denies support to presidential model by Barham Salih

13 Aug 2015 – Change Movement (Gorran) chief of diplomatic affairs said it does not support a model offered by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Deputy Leader Barham Salih, reiterating on its former deal with the PUK over presidency of the Kurdistan Region.

Salih offered a model days ago. According to the model Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani can remain president with present authorities conditionally. The PUK accepted the model officially and said it is the party’s official model. Muhamad Taufigh Rahim, chief of Change Movement’s diplomatic ties said the new model by Barham Salih has no relation with the movement and it does not back the plan. He went on to say that the movement accepts only the former plan it agreed over with the PUK. The agreed plan by the two parties stresses on solving the region’s presidency crisis in parliament and decreasing the presidency power. Parties in the region have failed to reach a consensus over the region’s presidency as Barzani’s prolonged term will end in August 19.