Why forming a government in Iraqi Kurdistan is so difficult

Why forming a government in Iraqi Kurdistan is so difficult

When voters in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region cast their ballots last October, a major question was how quickly the lawmakers they elected would form a government. Hard experience from the previous cycle suggested it might be a long and difficult process. More than ten months later, the prospect of a new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet seems as remote as ever because of disagreements between the two main parties. Long government formation p…