{"id":64854,"date":"2021-09-16T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=64854"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:58:18","slug":"krg-residents-discuss-candidates-for-iraqi-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/64854\/","title":{"rendered":"KRG residents discuss candidates for Iraqi parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DUHOK, KRG, Iraq (North Press) &#8211; <\/strong>The electoral campaigns of candidates for the early Iraqi legislative elections are witnessing increasing competition as October 10<sup>th<\/sup>, the election day, approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The popular view regarding parliamentary candidates in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG) and the demands that they should work on in Baghdad have varied.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistani Coalition, which includes the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Goran (Change) Party, in addition to the Kurdistan Islamic Union list and the New Generation Movement, are competing for seats in the Iraqi parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accomplishments of KRG\u2019s previous representatives in the Iraqi parliament has impacts on the level of support for current candidates. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe current and previous generations have not achieved much,\u201d Bajar Saleh, a local resident of Duhok, told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope the promises they made come true,\u201d Saleh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wish people would vote for an academic candidate, a highly educated person who is fluent in Arabic, with a good history and a progressive human being,\u201d he told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diyarbakir Hasan, a local resident of Duhok, does not care about who wins or who loses in the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe most important thing is that all should be united in Baghdad in order to work in favor of KRG,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharaz Ismail, a lawyer in Duhok, believes that \u201ccandidates should work on Article 140 and return the Kurdistani areas which are held by the Iraqi government to Kurdistan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Peshewa Bahlawi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KRG residents discuss candidates for Iraqi parliament\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QBYk6AOg48k?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Press interviewed residents of the #Kurdistan Region of #Iraq to get their opinion on future candidates for the Iraqi Parliament from the KRG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":64855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-middle-east"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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