A source from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) Headquarters 3 told NRT that Berkoty had been selected as a candidate for the PUK in an Erbil consistency for Iraq’s October parliamentary elections, but was dropped in a reshuffle following the party’s decision to run jointly with the Change Movement (Gorran), which insisted on running a woman in that spot.
The party then decided to select Berkoty for the secretary-general position.
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