PUK, KDP to Prepare Draft of a Joint Programme

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PUK & KDP's meeting.

On Tuesday, December 16, 2024, the delegations of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) convened in the KDP Political Bureau headquarters in Pirmam.

The parties deliberated on the regional situation, recent developments, and their implications for the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. Both parties concurred on harmony and adopting a common position to protect the paramount interests of the Kurdistan Region.

They discussed the steps needed for establishing the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the essential measures required for achieving the process. Both parties concurred on formulating a joint programme for the governance framework of Kurdistan that ensures the preservation of the Region's status and stability, as well as the rights and paramount interests of all citizens across their various communities.

To this end, the two parties resolved to establish a joint committee to formulate the draft of the programme for their forthcoming meeting.

The first meeting of the PUK and the KDP following the Kurdistan elections took place on November 30, 2024, ahead of the first session of the Kurdistan Parliament, where both sides expressed their readiness to continue negotiating with each other and with all other Kurdish parties until the new government is formed.

The election for the sixth term of the Kurdistan Parliament took place on October 20, 2024, where the PUK secured 23 seats of the 100 parliamentary seats, while the KDP secured 39 seats, the New Generation Movement secured 15 seats, the Kurdistan Islamic Union secured 7 seats, the Kurdistan Justice Group secured 3 seats, the National Stance Movement (Halwest Movement) secured 4 seats, the People's Front secured two seats, and each of the Gorran Movement and the Kurdistan Coalition secured one seat. Five seats have been allocated for the minority communities: 3 for Christians and 2 for Turkmen.

Balambo Mohammed, a former member of the Kurdistan Parliament, previously told PUKMEDIA that based on the outcomes of the seats won by the parties, no party is capable of independently forming a government, and none possesses an absolute majority of seats and other parties without sufficient votes have declared their non-participation in the government and transitioned to opposition.



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