The leader of the Change Movement (Gorran) on Thursday announced the party's withdrawal from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and local governments, just days ahead of the parliamentary election
“Based on the majority vote of the national assembly members, it was decided to withdraw Gorran from both the Kurdistan Regional Government and local governments,” Dana Ahmed Majid, acting general coordinator of the party, said in a video posted to Facebook.
“This decision is a response to the will and demands of the people of the Kurdistan Region,” he added, promising to rectify past mistakes and “make Gorran strong again to support the people of Kurdistan.”
In the current KRG cabinet, Gorran holds the ministries of labour and social affairs, construction and housing, finance and economy, and trade and industry. Gorran members are also in the posts of deputy Kurdistan Region president and governor of Sulaimani.
Majid said that the decision to quit the government was made on Wednesday by a majority vote in the national assembly, a senior body in the party’s structure.
“Even though the decision is late, it is correct and necessary,” he said.
The Kurdistan Region will hold parliamentary elections on October 20 and parties have been actively courting votes since late September. Gorran outlined its agenda on Thursday, with less than a week remaining in the campaigning period.
- The party was slow getting its campaign off the ground because of an internal disagreement, Choman Mohammed, head of Gorran’s electoral list in Sulaimani, said on Monday
- Gorran’s national assembly similarly rejected the appointment of Majid. It also “did not support the party’s participation in the elections,” Nzar Mahmoud, a council member, told Rudaw on Wednesday
The party, however, made several unpopular decisions that saw it dramatically fall out of favor with voters, including handing power to Mustafa’s sons after his death and opting to make agreements with the KDP and PUK. Supporters saw this as Gorran turning away from its opposition and democratic roots.
- In the most recent election - for Iraq's parliament in 2021 - the party failed to win a seat. Following that devastating defeat, all members of Gorran’s governing body, including leader Ali, resigned
“Gorran will re-enter the political scene with a new strategy, returning to Kak Nawshirwan's political plans that he put forth to reform the governance system in the Kurdistan Region,” Majid stated.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/101020241
Gorran has always been a party full of egotistical idiots only interested in their self aggrandizement