UNAMI calls for timely Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – Claudio Cordone, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political) at the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), on Tuesday met with Fawzi Franso Hariri, the chief of staff of the Kurdistan Region Presidency.

“Discussing with KRI President's Chief of Staff @Fawzi_Hariri the next steps to facilitate the holding of the KR Parliament's elections asap. @UNIraq,” Cordone wrote in a post on X.

Discussing with KRI President's Chief of Staff @Fawzi_Hariri the next steps to facilitate the holding of the KR Parliament's elections asap. @UNIraq pic.twitter.com/GMglv8jq1L

— Claudio Cordone (@claudio_cordone) January 9, 2024

Emad Jamil, a top official from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), on Jan. 3 told Kurdistan24 that the commission would not be able to hold the Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections due to the postponement of the Federal Supreme Court’s decision on the quota seats to Jan. 21.

Following a one-year delay to the election, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in August set Feb. 25, 2024, as the new date for the election.

Every four years, Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections are held to elect 111 members. The election was first held in 1992 and the most recent election was held in 2018.

Dawid Salman, the Director of the IHEC, previously told Kurdistan24 that there are 3.6 million eligible voters in the Kurdistan Region.