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Iraqi Kurds elect first woman speaker as stop-gap
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has elected its first-ever woman speaker as a temporary stop-gap, while deep political rifts persist more than four months after legislative elections.
During the body’s first session since the September polls, deputies chose Vala Farid from former regional leader Massud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
The head of the KDP bloc Haimim Hawrami says Farid was appointed “temporarily” until a deal can be reached with the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party on a permanent appointment.
Lawmakers from the PUK, the party of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, have boycotted today’s session.
— AFP
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