The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq decided to boycott the country’s January national elections, protesting the process of the parliamentary seats allocation for the provinces, Iraqi official television reported. Over the past several days, the Kurdistan regional parliament held meeting to discuss the elections law and called on the Iraqi Presidency to veto the draft law. The Kurds criticised the draft law, which was passed by the Iraqi parliament on November 8, as unjust in distributing the Iraqi parliament seats, since it granted the predominantly Arab province of Nineveh an increase of 15 per cent in the number of seats, while the number of seats in Kurdish province of Sulaimaniyah remained without change as if there is no increase in population in Sulaimaniyah during the past four years.
KURDS TO BOYCOTT ELECTIONS
KURDS TO BOYCOTT ELECTIONS
