Qubad Talabani: Our Programme Is to Implement the Constitution Article by Article

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Qubad Talabani, supervisor of the electoral campaign of the List 222, speaking to the croud.

Qubad Talabani, supervisor of the electoral campaign of the List 222 of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Erbil, affirmed that the PUK remains the guarantor of the constitutional rights of the people of Kurdistan.

Talabani met with comrades from the 19th Daratu and 22nd Shammaki electoral districts of Erbil on Monday, 20 October 2025. 

"Let the people of Kurdistan ask why no one else but the PUK speaks about Article 140 of the Constitution," Talabani said in a post on his Facebook page after the meeting.

"During my meeting with comrades from the 19th Daratu and 22nd Shammaki electoral districts of Erbil, I reaffirmed that the PUK views the Constitution as a complete package. Our programme is to implement it article by article," he emphasised.

"Other parties are not only failing to work towards implementing Article 140, but they do not even mention it. Some do not see its implementation as being in their interest, while others fear it may affect their relations with certain parties in Baghdad," he said.

The PUK is contesting the 2025 Iraqi parliamentary elections, scheduled for 11 November, across several governorates, presenting its candidates on an independent list numbered 222 in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah (including Halabja), Duhok, Kirkuk, and Diyala. In Nineveh Governorate, the PUK is running as part of the "Nineveh People’s Union Coalition" with list number 281, while in Saladin it is fielding one candidate within the "National Masses Coalition" with list number 240.

Overall, the PUK is entering the elections with 156 candidates: 36 in Sulaymaniyah, 30 in Erbil, 5 in Duhok, 24 in Kirkuk, 28 in Diyala, 31 in Nineveh within the Nineveh People’s Union coalition, and one candidate each in Saladin and Baghdad.



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