ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The failure of the Kurdish parties to decide Iraq’s next president represents a “clear violation” of constitutional deadlines and significantly weakens Iraq, with a caretaker government in place, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani’s coalition said on Thursday.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have yet to agree on a unanimous candidate for the Iraqi presidency – a position traditionally reserved for Kurds under an informal…