Massoud Barzani to declare election day soon

Iraq-Kurdistan ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Kurdistan region’s President Massoud Barzani on Monday announced that he will declare the Kurdistan region’s election day in the Kurdistan regional parliament in the coming few days. This came during the presentation of a speech in the opening ceremony of a conference in Arbil on ways of increasing Kurdistan region’s participation in international sport activities, attended by IraqiNews.com news agency correspondent. During the conference’s opening ceremony, which is held by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG) Ministry for Sport and Youth, many governmental and party officials presented speeches. Elections for the 111-seat Parliament were due to be held on May 19, but technical procedures will delay this deadline by a few weeks. SH (P)/SR 1