Parties in Kurdistan Region form joint list for participating in provincial polls in disputed region

<p style="text-align:left">A number of political parties from the Kurdistan Region reached an agreement on Saturday, September 28, to form a joint electoral list for provincial elections in April 2020.

The decision was taken during a meeting at the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) political bureau in Erbil.
The list will focus on appealing to voters in the disputed areas in Kirkuk, Nineveh, Saladin, and Diyala governorates, a source with knowledge of the decision told NRT Digital Media.
The new list will be named the &ldquo;Kurdistan Alliance List.&rdquo;
The provincial elections will be held in all of Iraq's governorates, excluding those that make up the Kurdistan Region.
New Generation did not participate in the meeting because it believes that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have not created any common ground upon which all parties can unite, the Movement said in a statement.
&ldquo;We think the plans that the KDP and PUK have for areas outside of the Region are the same that they have for inside it. They should create that common ground, so that opposition parties can meet with them about all the issues.&rdquo;
A similar meeting had been scheduled for last Saturday, but was cancelled following an incident where senior PUK leader Mahmoud Sangawi was prevented from entering Erbil.
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