A week after the election the official results have not been announced and now not expected until Monday.
The reality is that the results have been finalised, but now is the time for horse trading. Kurdish politics do not split along the familiar left-right continuum, but along family and regional lines. The humiliation of the PUK (Sulaymaniyah/Talibani family) in the vote could cause a very deep split and destablise the regional government. One thing is clear, it will be the KDP (Erbil/Barzani) who will be calling the shots and Sulaymaniyah people won't like that one little bit.
So the final vote count is likely to be 'adjusted' to take in the politically reality and help maintain the political and economically stability which has made Kurdistan prosperous.
Quite likely the status quo will be maintained with a KDP/PUK coalition but with the PUK as a 'junior' party (in the last government the ministerial posts were split 50/50). A coalition government of all parties is also a possibility but effectively does away with an opposition which is hardly democratic.
The reality is that the results have been finalised, but now is the time for horse trading. Kurdish politics do not split along the familiar left-right continuum, but along family and regional lines. The humiliation of the PUK (Sulaymaniyah/Talibani family) in the vote could cause a very deep split and destablise the regional government. One thing is clear, it will be the KDP (Erbil/Barzani) who will be calling the shots and Sulaymaniyah people won't like that one little bit.
So the final vote count is likely to be 'adjusted' to take in the politically reality and help maintain the political and economically stability which has made Kurdistan prosperous.
Quite likely the status quo will be maintained with a KDP/PUK coalition but with the PUK as a 'junior' party (in the last government the ministerial posts were split 50/50). A coalition government of all parties is also a possibility but effectively does away with an opposition which is hardly democratic.
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