Movement for Change

Gorran (Kurdish بزوتنهوهی گۆڕان ), also known as a list of change (Kurdish Listi Gorran ) or Movement for Change is a political party in Iraqi Kurdistan under the leadership of Mustafa Nawschirwan. It was founded in 2009 as an opposition to the ruling two-party coalition of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Objectives and Members

The list of changes altered the political landscape in the Kurdish areas of Iraq. The support for the movement comes in part from her young, dynamic image, on the other hand their commitment to national reconciliation in Iraq, they argued, for example, in Kirkuk for common commitment against corruption across ethnic lines. It calls for an end to the monopoly of power of the KDP and PUK. One of the main objectives of the list for change is to combat the rampant corruption. The list raises the KDP and the PUK, before that they have done a poor job in promoting Kurdish interests in the federal parliament in Baghdad.

The party is relatively popular because of their campaign against the patronage among the youth in Kurdistan. It consists predominantly of former PUK / KDP members of former Peshmerga and from academics. The supporters of the list were previously often intimidated by some violent means. Gorran is considered as the main opposition to the KDP - PUK alliance, especially those dominated by the PUK areas. Most of its members, including Mustafa Nawschirwan are former officials of the PUK.

History

The program of the party for the 2009 elections had to strengthen the goal to depoliticize the regional government, the judiciary, to limit political interference in the economy and to make the budget more transparent. While the movement supported federalism for Iraqi Kurdistan, it also emphasizes that disagreements with the central government could be resolved through dialogue based on the Iraqi constitution. It requires its candidates Arabic language skills.

The list of convertible won a total of 24 seats in the elections of September 2013 which they directly becoming the second largest list in the election behind the KDP. The party sees the election results as a great victory. She was in the province of Sulaymaniyah over 40 % of the votes and became the largest party.

In 2011, the party called for the resignation of the Cabinet and for the resolution of the Kurdish regional government and initiated protests that the revolution in Egypt in 2011 took as a model. This was accompanied by actions against the KDP. Some criticized Gorran that it causes unnecessary turmoil and argued that there was no reason for the overthrow of the Kurdish government. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged that protests should be allowed, and have called for an independent investigation into the deaths of protesters.