MP urges Maliki to resolve pending issues with Kurdistan RegionG

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi parliamentarian from the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) on Saturday called on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to work out solutions for many pending issues between the governments in Baghdad and the Kurdistan region. “Maliki should make use of his big victory in elections to open up new channels of communication with all sides that believe they are not in harmony with the government, particularly with the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG)…,” MP Mahmoud Othman told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Thursday (Feb. 5) announced 90% of the results of the provincial council elections held on Saturday (Jan. 31). Maliki’s Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) coalition has dominated the votes in nine out of the 14 provinces where elections were held. SS (P) 1