Draw Media
Lahur Sheikh Jangi announces the People's List for the provincial council elections, and submits a draft for a single list of Kurdish parties.
According to Draw Media information, Lahur Sheikh Jangi submitted a project to the Kurdish parties for the Iraqi provincial council election, which is scheduled for December 18.
In the project that Sheikh Jangi has suggested to the Kurdish parties, he askes for one Kurdish list in the elections in the Kurdish regions outside the Kurdistan Region.
So far, the project has been given to (Gorran Movement, Justice Group, and Islamic Union) and is scheduled to be given to other parties, including the PUK and KDP.
A source in the Justice Group told (Draw Media) that Lahur Sheikh Jangi's project has been received by his party, which he asks for submitting one single list for the Kurdish candidates and unity of Kurdish parties for the provincial council elections, in areas outside the Kurdistan Region.
Lahur Sheikh Jangi is waiting for the response of the political parties to implement his project, he believes that the Kurdish situation in the Kurdish areas outside the Kurdistan Region is very bad and needs a single list and unity of all the Kurdish parties.
Draw Media has learned that, If the parties do not agree to his proposal, Lahur Sheikh Jangi will have his list to participate in the Iraqi provincial council elections in Kirkuk and Kurdish areas outside the Kurdistan Region, and Shadman Mullah Hassan, a leader close to Lahur Sheikh Jangi, confirmed Draw Media's information about Lahur Sheikh Jangi's project.
The Iraqi provincial council elections are scheduled for December 18, the Kurds will have lists in the provinces of Kirkuk, Nineveh, Salahaddin, and Diyala. However, the Kurdish parties have not yet announced any plans for how the elections will be conducted and how the Kurdish parties will participate.
In the provinces located in the Kurdish areas outside the Kurdistan Region, there is competition for 71 provincial council seats among different communities (Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen) in addition to the religious minorities:
• For Kirkuk province: 15 seats
• For Nineveh province: 26 seats
• For Salahaddin province: 15 seats
• For Diyala province: 15 seats