Kurdistan parliament to tackle presidency law on Sunday

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Kurdistan parliament expected to tackle presidency law in Sunday session

The Kurdistan Region parliament will meet on Sunday where it is widely expected the legislature will discuss the Region’s presidency. The session has already been twice postponed.

“Kurdistan’s parliament will hold a special meeting on Sunday afternoon,” Dler Mawati, of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), told Rudaw.

He declined to reveal the agenda of the session, but said a “national question will be discussed.” The issue up for discussion has been agreed on by his PUK, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), he added.

Gorran has said it would return to the parliament to take part in discussions on the controversial presidency law, a party MP had told Rudaw. This will be the first time the second-largest party in the chamber attends a session since the parliament was reactivated in September after being shut for two years.

Disagreements over the presidential law between Gorran and the ruling KDP were the primary reason the parliament was closed. Gorran wants to see the presidency reduced to a ceremonial role and the parliament strengthened. The KDP, which currently holds the presidency, opposed the move.

Other parties have joined Gorran in their stance and the president, Masoud Barzani, has himself said ahead of the independence referendum that the parliamentary system would be best for the Kurdistan Region.

The parliament last sat on Tuesday when it voted to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections and extend its own term.

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/281020175