Kurdish Gorran Movement elects General Jalal as President in new leadership shift
Shafaq News/ On Monday, the KurdishGorran Movement announced the selection of Jalal Mustafa Mohammed, known as"General Jalal," as the president of the movement's General Council.
The movement stated, "In lightof the recommendations and decisions from the Second National Conference of theGorran Movement and following a meeting of the movement's National Assembly,the third round of the presidential election for the General Council took placewith the absolute majority of its members and relevant parties present, underthe supervision of the election committee at the movement’s mainheadquarters."
"According to the electionresults, Jalal Mustafa Mohammed was elected as President, Jaafar Othman Khabatas Vice President, and Ata Mohammed as Secretary of the General Assembly,"the statement added.
The Movement for Change Party,commonly known as Gorran (which means "change" in Kurdish), is apolitical party in Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI) founded in 2009 by Nawshirwan Mustafa.It emerged as the largest opposition force in KRI, challenging the ruling KurdistanDemocratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party onissues of corruption and nepotism. Gorran initially made significant gains,securing 25 seats in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s parliament in2009, and eight seats in the Iraqi parliament in 2010. However, its popularityhas declined in recent years, with a notable drop to 12 seats in the 2018 Regionalelections, while the KDP and PUK continued to dominate.
