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BREAKING: Kurdistan Parliament Elects Presidency, Ending Two-Year Legislative Deadlock

Kurdistan Region, Iraq ·

52 lawmakers attended the session in which Vala Fardi of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was elected speaker. The vote is described as a major step toward restoring the work of the Kurdistan Region's legislature.

The Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region in northern Iraq, with its own parliament and government based in Erbil. Its two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have long shared power in the region.

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