Thousands of Iraqis gather to mark 2019 anti-government protest
Al JazeeraMAR 23 2023
The KDP and the PUK should resolve their differences and find a compromise candidate as this dispute over the largely honorific post of Iraq's president has dragged the country into the ongoing political stalemate. By allying with opposing sides in the Iraqi parliament, they've only promoted divisions within the country, to the detriment of the Kurdish people.
Kurdish parties have been able to achieve a better understanding through dialogue, but there's no reason for factions to give up candidacy for the country's presidential position. It's not the Kurds who are creating this political impasse in Iraq, but internal disputes within the Shia that have been preventing Iraq from forming a new government.