Bafel Jala Talabani was elected as the sole president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on Sunday by the leadership council members in Sulaimani, the party announced officially.

The leadership council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) revoked the co-presidential party system and elected Bafel Jalal Talabani as the President of the party.

In the meantime, the PUK leadership council adopted a new bylaw for the party despite approving PUK forum recommendations that took place in May by the members of the council.

The new changes embraced were formulated in the PUK Forum held in May 2022 in Sulaimani province, where members of the party convened to discuss the new political strategy.

The internal conflict of the party came when the sensitive PUK-affiliated security agencies were taken control by Bafel Talabani, ousting the former co-leader Lahur Sheikh Jangi. He was sacked later in the party.