SOUTH KURDISTAN : IRAQ – Gorran is determined to hold the Interior, Natural Resources or National Security Position

6.3.2014 – SLEMANI/ Kurdistan region, KNNC- the Movement for Change (Gorran) insists that each political party should have its share of ministerial posts in the new cabinet according to the number of votes gained in the September 2013 General Parliamentary Elections.

Gorran is determined to hold the Interior, Natural Resources or National Security Position. The Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation included Fazil Mirani, head of the KDP’s politburo, and Azad Bawari, a senior member of the politburo of the KDP, visited Nawshirwan Mustafa in Slemani on 3/3/2014 and held a meeting to discuss the formula for the formation of the eighth cabinet.

Mirani, in a press conference after the meeting, said that in the next 48 hours, there will be a decisive meeting between the winning parties, especially the main three parties. Mhamad Haji, Gorran‌’s negotiation team member told the Kurdish daily Hawlati newspaper that the 48 hours have passed and Gorran have not received any suggestions or answers form the KDP.  “Gorran insists on holding one of these three positions: Interior or Natural Ministries or the position of National Security” Haji confirmed. http://knnc.net/en/full-story-21769-28-False#.UxjNG4W7Rk0