Mansour: Al-Zaidi’s visit to the region is a “necessary” step to ensure the government’s neutrality.
The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Suzan Mansour, confirmed on Monday that the visit of the Prime Minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi, to the Kurdistan Region and his meetings in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah represent a “necessary” step to ensure the neutrality of the next government.
Mansour told Al-Maalomah News Agency that “Al-Zaidi’s visit to the region sends a reassuring message that the incoming government wants to stand at an equal distance from all political forces and components.”
She explained that “the Kurdish conditions and demands presented to the prime minister-designate are not new, but rather long-standing issues,” indicating that “the most prominent of these demands focused on securing the salaries of the region’s employees, enacting the oil and gas law, as well as activating Article 140 of the constitution and guaranteeing the region’s share of the federal budgets.” She noted that “raising these issues at this time aims to find fundamental solutions that will end the outstanding disputes between Baghdad and Erbil within the framework of the new government program.”
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