New opposition tests KRG’s democracy


Issue 855 - 13 Jun 2009 | 5 minute read

Iraqi Kurdistan has long promoted itself as ‘the other Iraq’, a haven of peace and stability in a country riven with violence. But as the region approaches its most important electoral test since autonomous rule from Erbil started in 1991, opposition is growing to the Kurdistan Regional Government coalition’s huge control, raising questions about the KRG’s commitment to democracy.

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