Iraq’s Speaker receives Kurdish parties’ request to delay presidential vote

2026-01-27 - 08:49

Shafaq News– Baghdad Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi on Tuesday received formal requests from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) seeking to postpone the parliamentary session scheduled for January 27 to elect a new president. According to a statement from his media office, the requests call for delaying the session to allow additional time for consultations and an agreement between the two Kurdish parties over the presidential post. The statement did not specify how long the postponement would be or whether an alternative date had been set. The Iraqi Council of Representatives is set to convene on Tuesday to hold the presidential vote, a key step in completing the constitutional process following parliamentary elections. This is a breaking story...