ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation of Iraqi parliament bloc leaders is set to visit the Kurdistan Region on Sunday to meet with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials, aiming to persuade the party to resume participation in parliament sessions, a lawmaker said.
Last week, the KDP announced it would boycott all future legislative sessions until further notice, following parliament’s decision to proceed with a session that saw the election of Nizar Amedi, from its rival the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), as president despite KDP opposition.
KDP lawmaker Danar Abdulghafar confirmed to Rudaw that the delegation will arrive in Erbil on Sunday, adding that they seek the return of the powerful Kurdish party to the Iraqi parliament’s sessions.
"The KDP is an influential force and important to the political process. Therefore, the boycott and non-participation directly affects Iraq's political process,” Raad al-Dahlaki, a member of the delegation and a senior figure in the Sunni Azm Alliance, told Rudaw on Saturday.
He said the delegation is set to meet with the KDP bloc and later with its leader, President Masoud Barzani.
Rudaw has learned that some members of the delegation have already arrived in Erbil and are awaiting the arrival of the main delegation from Baghdad.