Prospects of easing tension among Kurdish parties – spokesman

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Kurdistan Islamic Federation spokesman expected “an openness for the political crisis in Kurdistan region”, pointing out it is waiting the court decision to retrieve its cut-off budget. Salahuddin BaBakr told IraqiNews.com expected to clear out the situation, though nothing officially received from the Kurdish government on the return of opposition budgets. He added that the monthly budget of the Islamic Federation reached to 450 million Iraqi dinars. The Federation filed a suit at the court , which issued its verdict in favor not to cut off the allowances of the opposition parties. Negotiations among all Kurdish opposition and government parties stopped last July, following the political crisism, including 17 February demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah where 9 were killed and tens wounded. The demonstrations continued for two months, before being controlled by the Kurdish region forces, which coincided with cutting off parties’ allowances in attempt to press them to stop their protests. RM (TI) 258