, pointing out that internal differences is behind the move, denying at the same time split the brother of a leader in KDP .

Mamo Zinni said in an interview with " Shafaq News “that " nearly 200 member in PUK in the regulation of Nineveh split to join our party including leading figures ."

"We welcomed them, and some of them started working with us today ."

On the reasons for their split , Mamo Zinni said, " as we have heard from them that there are internal disagreements behind this move , and that the organization was split into two blocs , one of those blocs decided to join us”.

PUK has been subjected to a setback in parliamentary elections in Kurdistan Region after being the third in the results after Kurdistan Democratic and Change Movement .

Regarding reports that the brother of a leader in Kurdistan Democratic Party in branch 14 and joining PUK , he said " this story is not true , no one of our staff split."