Head of the Change Movement (Gorran) Omer Saed Ali (second on right) in a meeting with Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani in Sulaimani as part of continued efforts to obtain unanimity among Kurdish parties in the face of the recent crisis challenging the Kurdistan Region. Photo courtesy of Barzani
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Change Movement (Gorran) reiterated in a meeting with the Kurdish prime minister and his deputy in Sulaimani on Tuesday that they strongly encourage the dissolution of the current cabinet and its replacement with an interim government.
Dr. Aso Mahmood, a Gorran official briefed reporters after the meeting, saying the aim of his party's insistence on the establishment of an interim government is for “improving the salary and livelihood of the people of Kurdistan, preserving the sovereignty of the Region and holding a free and fair election on time.”
Mohammed described the meeting as being more “consultative” and said “no decision was made in it.”
He said they told the KRG delegation that “if the current government goes to Baghdad for talks, it will fail and not achieve anything.”
In the wake of the October 16 events, which saw a major withdrawal of Kurdish parties in Kirkuk and some other disputed areas, Gorran called for the establishment of an interim government.
Barzani said, after a cabinet meeting on Monday that all parties were already part of the government and that they must instead focus on making things work in the current cabinet.
“It is not clear to me what they want exactly,” he said. “We are ready to make changes but what do they want or mean by an interim government? This government too is an interim and we have a limited timeline.”
The Change Movement official predicted that a five party meeting will be held between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Gorran, Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) and Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal) in the near future to resolve the current crisis that has engulfed the Region.
The KRG delegation, after the meeting, headed to Dabashan to meet with the PUK.
The Kurdish government began a new round of talks on Monday with the political parties starting from the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) in Erbil.
After the meeting, PM Nechirvan Barzani announced in a Facebook post that they had a “fruitful” meeting with Salahaddin Bahadin, KIU leader.
“We stressed the significance of unity and harmony to pass the current circumstances,” Barzani said.
The KIU, however, in a statement earlier this week had also called for the establishment of a transitional government.
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