The leadership council of the Patriotic Union nominates Barham Saleh to the presidency of Iraq

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, the leadership council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) nominated Barham Salih, a candidate for the presidency for the same party, after voting for his return.

A source from within the meeting held by the leadership council, in an interview with (Baghdad today), "The party nominated Saleh as a candidate for the presidency, replacing the current President Fuad Masum."

He added that "Saleh got 26 votes out of 40 votes, representing the total votes of the leadership of the party."

On September 19, 2018, the Talabani party's leadership council voted to elect the head of the Alliance for Democracy and Justice, Barham Saleh, as the party's deputy secretary-general after voting for his return.

A source from inside the meeting of the leadership council, in an interview with (Baghdad today), "The Council voted to choose Saleh as deputy secretary general of the party."

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) voted to return the head of the Alliance for Justice and Democracy, Barham Saleh, to the party.

A political source revealed Wednesday, September 19, 2018, that Saleh held a meeting with the leaders of his party and told them that he will return to the ranks of the National Union.

"Saleh told the coalition leaders that he would return to the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and leave them with the option of joining or electing a new coalition leadership," the source told Baghdad.

He added that "Barham Saleh is the closest to the presidency of the Republic has been resolved this position was the only condition is to return to the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in exchange for his candidacy for the presidency of Iraq."

He pointed out that "Saleh strongly supported by Pavel Talabani and Deputy Secretary-General Kosrat Rasul and that the tour by the coalition envoy Brett McGurk to Sulaymaniyah and Arbil resolved the situation, especially that the Kurdistan Democratic had several objections to Saleh's nomination but was resolved after meetings held by Trump envoy"

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