ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) calls for the establishment of a transitional government in order to fulfill "national unity" and reform in the security and livelihood of the people of Kurdistan Region.
The KIU in its leadership meeting on Saturday "found the formation of a transitional government essential to fulfill national unity and quick reforms in the subjects of the livelihood and security of people."
After the fall of Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu to the Iraqi army and Iran backed Hashd al-Shaabi militias, the Change Movement (Gorran) and the Coalition for Democracy and Justice led by Barham Salim, a former senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), called for the dissolution of the current cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government and its replacement with an interim government, something rejected by both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and its strategic ally the PUK, the two ruling parties.
Baghdad’s draft 2018 budget law proposes cutting the Region’s share by a quarter – allocating 12.67 percent to the KRG, down from 17 percent.
The KIU in its leadership meeting on Saturday "found the formation of a transitional government essential to fulfill national unity and quick reforms in the subjects of the livelihood and security of people."
After the fall of Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu to the Iraqi army and Iran backed Hashd al-Shaabi militias, the Change Movement (Gorran) and the Coalition for Democracy and Justice led by Barham Salim, a former senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), called for the dissolution of the current cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government and its replacement with an interim government, something rejected by both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and its strategic ally the PUK, the two ruling parties.
The KIU also described sending a joint delegation made up of Kurdish parties from the transitional government to begin talks with the Iraqi government as "timely."
It also stressed the need to secure the Kurdistan Region's financial entitlements in the Iraqi budget bill.
Baghdad’s draft 2018 budget law proposes cutting the Region’s share by a quarter – allocating 12.67 percent to the KRG, down from 17 percent.
The KIU leadership threw its support behind the Kurdistan parliament in its work on the lawmaking in order to make "grassroots reforms" in the Region.
The party also put forward its post-October 16 roadmap which was the reconsidering of the KIU's political discourse to meet the current situation and future scenarios of the Kurdistan Region.
KIU is the largest Kurdish Islamic party which possesses 10 seats in the Kurdistan parliament voiced the significance of "frank negotiations" between the Kurdistan political parties in order to put an end to the existing "crisis" in the Region.
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