ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of the New Generation called on the people of the Kurdistan Region to vote in today's “decisive” parliamentary elections of the Kurdistan Region "as soon as possible."
“My message is for the people to come vote as soon as possible because this election is both decisive and… very influential," Abdulwahid told reporters after he cast his ballot at a polling station in Sulaimani.
He went on to say "God willing after 6pm, they will be able to make changes for the next four years, and draw a better life for them, their children and generations to come."
Polls have suggested that the New Generation may emerge as the largest opposition party in the Kurdistan Region.
Abdulwahid described today’s vote as “an opportunity that nobody should miss."
“This is a very decisive day for all of us,” he reiterated.
The Kurdistan Region held its long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Polling stations across the Kurdistan Region were opened at 7am and will close at 6pm. A total of 2,683,618 people are eligible to vote in the elections on Sunday.
A total of 1,191 candidates are vying for 100 seats up for grabs. Of this number, five seats are reserved for the minorities - three for Christians, and the remaining two for Turkmen.
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