Shafaq News- Baghdad

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) parliamentary bloc announced Wednesday it will resume legislative activities in Baghdad, ending a months-long boycott rooted in a dispute over Iraq's presidential selection.

In a statement, the party said that the decision followed a series of negotiations: a visit by the prime minister-designate and a high-level Coordination Framework delegation to the Kurdistan Region, and subsequent talks in Baghdad involving a KDP delegation, reaching a "positive understanding."

Resuming parliamentary work, the bloc said, reflects "legal and national responsibility" to follow up on agreements covering constitutional, legal, and financial rights. It also reaffirmed its commitment to defending "the legitimate rights of all Iraqis, including the people of Kurdistan."

The boycott began April 18, 2026, when the KDP suspended participation in parliamentary sessions "until further notice," citing "violations of the constitution and the law" inside parliament, and days after the party announced it would not recognize the election of Nizar Amedi as Iraq's president and recalled its representatives from Baghdad for consultations.

At the time, the KDP rejected the mechanism by which Amedi was chosen, stating it did not consider him to represent the Kurdish majority. Its bloc had boycotted the session in which he was elected.