Qubad Talabani: PUK Will Continue to Defend Rights of Our People with Greater Determination

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Qubad Talabani, supervisor of the electoral campaign of PUK's List 222 in Erbil, speaking to the martyrs' families.

Qubad Talabani, supervisor of the electoral campaign of the List 222 of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Erbil, met the families of the martyrs and reaffirmed that the PUK will continue to defend the rights of the people with greater determination than ever before.

Talabani said in post on his Facebook page: "I stood with the proud crowns of the PUK and the symbols of endurance and resistance. The parents, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters of our noble martyrs."

"The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan draws its strength and courage from your unwavering resolve and will continue to defend the rights of our people with greater determination than ever before," he added. "Rest assured, this enduring PUK will keep the sacred path our martyrs bright by serving you and defending the right of our people."

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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