PM Barzani, UNAMI chief discuss Kurdistan Region elections
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received on Saturday the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in Erbil, where they discussed the Region’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
“The meeting focused on current developments in Iraq, emphasizing the need to safeguard the constitutional rights and financial entitlements of the Kurdistan Region,” read a statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
“Perspectives were also shared regarding the situation in the Kurdistan Region, underscoring the need to conduct the parliamentary elections as scheduled on February 25, 2024,” it added.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities have come under mounting criticism both domestically and internationally, for failing to hold elections on time.
Members of the Kurdistan Region’s parliament in October of last year voted by a majority to extend the four-year term of the legislature by one year, after disagreements between the blocs over the current elections law prevented new elections from materializing.
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court in late May ruled against the Kurdistan Region’s parliament decision to extend its term by an additional year, declaring that the term of the legislature had ended and that the self-extension was unconstitutional.
In early August, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani set February 25, 2024 as the date for the Region’s parliamentary elections. The vote had been postponed twice due to political tensions.
“The meeting focused on current developments in Iraq, emphasizing the need to safeguard the constitutional rights and financial entitlements of the Kurdistan Region,” read a statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
“Perspectives were also shared regarding the situation in the Kurdistan Region, underscoring the need to conduct the parliamentary elections as scheduled on February 25, 2024,” it added.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities have come under mounting criticism both domestically and internationally, for failing to hold elections on time.
Members of the Kurdistan Region’s parliament in October of last year voted by a majority to extend the four-year term of the legislature by one year, after disagreements between the blocs over the current elections law prevented new elections from materializing.
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court in late May ruled against the Kurdistan Region’s parliament decision to extend its term by an additional year, declaring that the term of the legislature had ended and that the self-extension was unconstitutional.
In early August, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani set February 25, 2024 as the date for the Region’s parliamentary elections. The vote had been postponed twice due to political tensions.