Five members of the Provincial Council of Kirkuk from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (3 Arab and 1 Christian) held a vote in Baghdad as part of the elections of a local governor and chairman of the Council. This is reported by local media.
Voting participants supported the candidacy of Rebvar Tah for the post of governor. Muhammad Hafes from the Arab community is nominated for the post of head of the Council.
members of the 16-seater council from the Turkman community, the Kurdish Democratic Party and three representatives of the Arab community boycotted voting and were not present at a meeting in Baghdad.
According to the statement of the Provincial Council of Kirkuk, Rebvar Tah was elected the governor.