Middle EastUpdated November 6
PUK announces exit from Kurdistan government, rejects session outcomes
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has announced its withdrawal from the Kurdistan Regional Government and rejected the outcomes of the regional parliament’s resumed session, Asharq News reported. PUK President Bafel Jalal Talabani said the party would not recognize the session, held Wednesday after a pause of more than two years; the PUK bloc boycotted it. Talabani warned that the party would make corresponding appointments if the other side made unilateral appointments. Saudi Gazette described the announcement and warning as intensifying the political and administrative rift between centers of influence in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. The coverage presents renewed administrative division as a prospect, not an outcome that has already occurred.
Coverage started November 5
Key Actors
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan