Kurdistan Region's Turkmen parties on Tuesday announced that they will be boycotting the Region's upcoming parliamentary elections in protest to Iraq's top court ruling that stripped them of the quota seats allocated to them in the parliament.

At the same time, a coalition of Chaldean, Syrian, Assyrian, and Armenian Christian parties and associations on Monday announced their decision to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region.

The announcement was made during a press conference held in Erbil province where the coalition voiced their concerns over what they perceive as an attack on coexistence and a violation of constitutional principles and laws.

The coalition criticized the Iraqi Federal Court's decision to annul final seats, attributing it to a historical error made by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to serve their immediate political interests. They highlighted the negative impact of this decision on communal harmony and democracy in the Kurdistan Region.

"By passing this unjust and unjustified ruling which deprived the indigenous components of Kurdistan from exercising their democratic rights, the federal court and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have inflicted a heavy wound in the hearts of our nation," Turkmen parties said in a news conference in Erbil today.

As Turkmen parties, we have decided to boycott the upcoming Kurdistan parliamentary elections unless the quota seats are reinstated."

In late February of this year, Iraq's Supreme Federal Court ruled that the allocation of quota seats for ethnic and religious components in the Kurdistan parliament were "unconstitutional."

The Kurdistan Region is set to hold parliamentary elections in June this year. Political parties will now be vying for 100 seats at the Region's parliament, which had previously allocated 11 seats for ethnic and religious components in the Region.

Emphasizing the significance of the existing parliamentary system, established since 1992, the coalition argued that it provides a guaranteed framework for political representation of Christian and Turkmen minorities. They expressed reservations about the ability of minority groups to compete fairly in elections due to the dominance of Kurdish communities and the lack of balanced opportunities.

The decision to boycott the elections reflects the rejection of what they perceive as historic mistakes by the Federal Court and the PUK-led coalition against Chaldean, Assyrian, Syrian, and Armenian communities. However, they clarified that their stance is subject to change if their constituents demand participation.

Furthermore, the coalition called for early parliamentary elections to uphold democratic values and strengthen the constitutional framework of the Kurdistan Region.

The declaration was jointly signed by prominent parties and associations representing Chaldean, Syrian, Assyrian, and Armenian communities, including the Chaldean Democratic Union Party, the World Chaldean Alliance, the Syrian Gathering Movement Party, and others.

The Federal Supreme Court's recent decisions regarding the Kurdistan Parliamentary Elections were also discussed during the press conference, particularly the abolishment of quota seats and the increase in the total number of parliamentary seats from 111 to 100.