PUK: Our differences with Change is not personal

The party said on its website that “ it thanks efforts and those who are trying to bring the two parties together based on the belief that reconciliation and dialogue between Kurdish political parties”.

The party added in a statement attributed to the spokesman for the party, without giving his name , seen by "Shafaq News" that the problems between his party and Change is political, not personal.

He stressed that the two parties can resolve their issues directly through meetings , dialogues and the normalization of relations between the two parties.

The leader of Change Movement (Gorran) is the split leader from PUK Nushirwan Mustafa in 2008, as the movement has progressed PUK in the elections of Kurdistan Parliament and local and provincial councils.

Some parties had sought to mediate between the two sides in order to share local positions in an effort to calm the situation, which was tense before the election, particularly in the period of promotion for campaigns of candidates.

Last May , Change bloc refused a proposal of PUK to share the post of governor of Sulaimaniyah as each party must holds office for two years.