Whoever is nominated from the two Kurdish parties still needs approval from the Shia and Sunni blocs in the parliament.
Whoever is nominated from the two Kurdish parties still needs the approval from the Shia and Sunni blocs in the parliament.
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Iraq’s parliament has postponed the election for the country’s next president to allow for more consultations between the two Kurdish parties to agree on a candidate.
The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said the parliamentary vote scheduled for Tuesday was delayed at the request of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
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