Barazani urges Christian, Shabak, Yazidi winners to merge with KA

ARBIL /Iraqi News The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Massoud al-Barazani, has called on election winners from the Christian, Shabak and Yazidi lists to enter a coalition with the Kurdistan Alliance (KA). This came after Barazani’s meeting with four winning Kurdish lists: the Change List, the KA, the Kurdistan Islamic Union and the Islamic Grouping- in an attempt to adopt a unified stance. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has recently announced the names of the winners in the legislative elections. The results were announced on Friday (March 26) with former prime minister Iyad Allawi’s al-Iraqiya bloc obtaining 91 out of the parliament’s 325 seats, followed by incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) with 89 seats, the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance with 43 seats. SS (P)/SR 1