Riwaz Fayeq, a PUK candidate for Kurdistan Region parliament speaker, told Rudaw on Saturday that most members of the PUK demand more meetings with the KDP to discuss the share of the PUK in the new government of the region.

She stressed that the PUK political bureau believes the share of the party has not been finalized with the KDP and the issue has to be decided as soon as possible.

The two ruling parties signed an agreement Monday, March 4, that paves the way for the new government to be finalized.

The agreement is designed to be in force for the next four years. The parties developed an 18-point agreement early last month. The document signed the day is supplementary to that.

After the agreement was signed by KDP deputy leader Nechirvan Barzani and PUK deputy secretary-general Korsat Rasul, the parties held a press conference and appeared positive about the agreement.

PUK spokesperson Latif Sheikh Omar and KDP spokesperson Mahmoud Muhammad did not go into detail, but said that the issue of the Kirkuk governorship was settled during the meeting.

The PUK and the KDP will reportedly make an attempt to form a joint list along with other Kurdish parties to contest the Kirkuk governorship.

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