PUK to discuss returning to cabinet meeting with KDP: Source
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region’s head of the Diwan of Council of Ministers and Minister of Planning are set to represent the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in a meeting on Wednesday, discussing the latter’s return to weekly cabinet meetings, according to a source.
Tension between the Kurdistan Region’s ruling parties has led Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, who is also a senior PUK member, to boycott weekly government meetings since late October. The PUK team has not attended cabinet meetings since December either.
A high-ranking source from within the PUK, speaking under the condition of anonymity, told Rudaw’s Nazanin Goran on Wednesday that the two parties will hold a meeting and are set to sign a memorandum of understanding regarding the PUK’s return to the meetings.
Planning Minister Dara Rashid will be representing the PUK in the meeting, while the KDP will be represented by Omed Sabah, the Head of the Diwan of Council of Ministers.
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and his deputy Qubad Talabani met Monday afternoon to discuss resolving internal problems in the Region amid an ongoing boycott of Council of Ministers meetings by Talabani’s PUK.
The two agreed to resolve “all problems” through dialogue in cooperation in order to protect the interest and constitutional rights of the people of the Kurdistan Region, according to statements from both of their offices.
The PUK team reportedly met with Talabani on Tuesday where they decided to participate in Sunday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers. Rudaw understands that Talabani is set to head a PUK delegation attending the opening ceremony of a museum honoring KDP founder Mustafa Barzani in Barzan on Thursday.
The PUK and the KDP have been at loggerheads for over a year over the Region’s parliamentary elections, the transparency of the oil and local income of the provinces under their influence, and the assassination of a former PUK colonel in Erbil in October.
Despite working together in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the two parties have established control over different parts of the Region, often being referred to as the “Yellow Zone” and “Green Zone“. The KDP is dominant in Erbil and Duhok provinces, while the PUK rules Sulaimani and Halabja.
The Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary elections are set to be held on November 18, over a year removed from its originally scheduled date. The Region was set to hold the elections last year, but it was postponed due to continued disagreements between the blocs over the current electoral law and the electoral commission.
The blocs are yet to reach an understanding on this issue, which could threaten a further delay the elections process.
Tension between the Kurdistan Region’s ruling parties has led Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, who is also a senior PUK member, to boycott weekly government meetings since late October. The PUK team has not attended cabinet meetings since December either.
A high-ranking source from within the PUK, speaking under the condition of anonymity, told Rudaw’s Nazanin Goran on Wednesday that the two parties will hold a meeting and are set to sign a memorandum of understanding regarding the PUK’s return to the meetings.
Planning Minister Dara Rashid will be representing the PUK in the meeting, while the KDP will be represented by Omed Sabah, the Head of the Diwan of Council of Ministers.
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and his deputy Qubad Talabani met Monday afternoon to discuss resolving internal problems in the Region amid an ongoing boycott of Council of Ministers meetings by Talabani’s PUK.
The two agreed to resolve “all problems” through dialogue in cooperation in order to protect the interest and constitutional rights of the people of the Kurdistan Region, according to statements from both of their offices.
The PUK team reportedly met with Talabani on Tuesday where they decided to participate in Sunday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers. Rudaw understands that Talabani is set to head a PUK delegation attending the opening ceremony of a museum honoring KDP founder Mustafa Barzani in Barzan on Thursday.
The PUK and the KDP have been at loggerheads for over a year over the Region’s parliamentary elections, the transparency of the oil and local income of the provinces under their influence, and the assassination of a former PUK colonel in Erbil in October.
Despite working together in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the two parties have established control over different parts of the Region, often being referred to as the “Yellow Zone” and “Green Zone“. The KDP is dominant in Erbil and Duhok provinces, while the PUK rules Sulaimani and Halabja.
The Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary elections are set to be held on November 18, over a year removed from its originally scheduled date. The Region was set to hold the elections last year, but it was postponed due to continued disagreements between the blocs over the current electoral law and the electoral commission.
The blocs are yet to reach an understanding on this issue, which could threaten a further delay the elections process.