The PUK official further added that the party had made a good plan for the elections and made its entire attempt to achieve votes both in Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk as well as other Iraqi regions, stressing that street protests were behind the failure of opposition parties in Kurdistan Region as people do not welcome tension in society and that was a big factor in their failure.

Ase Sard pointed to the low turnout in Iraq, with 20 percent of participation, and Kurdistan Region where 40 percent of the population participated in the poll, stressing that the participation percent reveals that people, in general, are dissatisfied with all political parties in Iraq and the region.

Asa Sard denied acclaimed fraud in the poll, as the opposition parties in Kurdistan Region claim, underlining that the political opposition parties believed during the election campaign that they can achieve a large number of votes but the situation in quiet different now.

Answering a question about Kurds participation in the next Iraqi government, Asa Sard told Kurdpress that there will be no big change in the Kurds status and share of posts in Iraqi government and stated that all sides in Iraq should reach an agreement over key posts in the new government.

He also added that Kurds in Iraq are following a different policy in Iraq as they are seeking to reach deal with a coalition that will follow a flexible policy towards the Kurds in the country.

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