‘US to Divide Kerkuk Parliament Equally’

In terms of this, 13 Turkmen, 13 Kurdish, 13 Arab and two Syriac members will take a place in the Parliament. Ketene pointed out that they were aware that the Provincial Election Council was controlled completely by the Kurdish and they would not have the result they desired; however, a boycott would create a less favourable result, expressed Ketene. Evaluating the Iraqi election to Zaman Ketene went on to say that nearly 200,000 of 430,000 electors expected to vote in Kerkuk where 860,000 people live consisted of Turkmen. However he defended that after the falseaccess to the city the population exceeded 1,100,000 and this balance was violated by the new registrations. Stating that the Kerkuk Provincial Election Council resigned due to election registrations being extended, Ketene said that nine lawyers of Kurdish origin wereplaced on the council. Ketene concluded that the US Kerkuk Consul warned them during a visit that they would end up being the loser if theyboycotted the elections.