Iraq’s parliamentary elections are scheduled for April 2014, but new legislation must be enacted by the current parliament to regulate those elections. In the last parliamentary elections in 2010, the three provinces of the Kurdistan Region were allocated too few seats, compared to other Iraqi provinces. 

“The Kurdistan Region would reject the existing electoral law as it is. If a multiple electoral district system is chosen, the Kurdistan Region must be compensated for its loss in the number of parliamentary seats,” said the President.