SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) forum continued for the second day in Sulaimani city on Sunday.
The forum in which more than 12,000 members and cadres have participated kicked off in Sulaimani on Saturday and is scheduled to last four days.
Qubad Talabani, supervisor of the PUK forum, said on Saturday that the forum was a “real step for reform and renewal and to formulate new and modern policies”.
Talabani further said more than 130 meetings had been held in the past six months.
Nearly 1,500 reports, notes and criticisms were given to the forum’s committees during the period, he added.
“We need a clear vision,” he noted during the forum. “People are waiting on us to join them with a clear vision. People want the PUK because they know it is the PUK that can reform, lead this nation and end autocracy in Kurdistan.”
PUK President Bafel Jalal Talabani said at a panel during the forum that despite the party’s congress in December 2019 the PUK still needed to hold the forum to reform and reformulate PUK’s policies.
“As the PUK, we have our own policy … We are serious and really want to serve this country. We will not be an affix to any force, party or country,” he added.
