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The PDK is warning members of the political bureau and the leadership council to boycott Nechirvan Barzani's "Rudaw channel, " saying that the Rudaw channel is working against the Kurdistan Region’s interest” and previously, Masrour Barzani banned the Rudaw channel from KDP ministers.

Banning Nechirvan Barzani's Rudaw channel in the government and the party has sparked controversy within the KDP.

At the behest of Masoud Barzani, the party's president, and at the request of Masrour Barzani, all members of the political bureau and the leadership council in (Erbil- Sulaimaniyah, Halabja- Kirkuk- Garmian), been warned not to interview the Rudaw Channel.

The order was issued on April 7, 2022, which has mentioned that “recently Rudaw TV channel has been failing to follow the principles of national security and stirs up some topics that are not in the interest of the Kurdistan Region, therefore, friends should avoid interviewing Rudaw TV until the channel reviewing its behaviors."

According to Draw’s information, since December last year, the KDP ministers have been banned from speaking to Rudaw Channel by order of Masrour Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Nechirvan Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan region and the owner of the Rudaw channel, is worried about the decisions of Masoud Barzani and Masrour Barzani.

Since the establishment of the Rudaw channel, Nechirvan Barzani has been under pressure from His Uncle Masoud Barzani several times, because, unlike the official KDP media, Rudaw allows passing the opinion of a part of KDP's political enemies and this has sparked protests. Because the channel's financial sources are coming from the KDP, the party calling for interference in the management of the channel.