The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) media reported that the PUK Legal Affairs Centre rejected the decision of the Iraqi Independent Supreme Election Commission to suspend preparations for the Kurdistan Region Parliamentary Elections planned for 10 June.

PUK also pointed out that the decision of the Iraqi Federal Court, which was cited as a reason for the decision to stop the preparations, was only about the distribution of the number of seats in the parliament to the electoral districts and did not cover the entire election process.

Cumane Helay, the spokesperson of the Iraqi Independent Supreme Election Commission, announced on Wednesday that preparations for the Kurdistan Region Parliamentary Elections were temporarily suspended.

The decision came after Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the interim government of the Kurdistan Region, filed a complaint to the Iraqi Federal Court on 6 May and asked for the suspension of the preparations for the parliamentary elections for the 6th term in Kurdistan Region.

On Tuesday, the Federal Court decided to suspend the implementation of Article 2, paragraph 2 of the registration and approval system of candidate lists upon the objection of Masrour Barzani of the KDP.