Third: The Extended Term (04/10/2002 to 30/01/2005)

Due to the outbreak of the internal conflict, the second term elections could not be held on May 2, 1994. However, the Kurdistan Parliament made considerable efforts to prevent the escalation of the internal conflict.

To this end, it expressed its stance in a documented statement consisting of 19 points against the conflict and established several field committees to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire process and the reconciliation decisions between the parties involved in the conflict. Additionally, 59 members took refuge in the Parliament Hall against the internal conflict for 101 days.

This stance received significant support both inside and outside of Kurdistan. From that day, this hall has been named the Refuge Hall. The continuation of the internal conflict and the increased threats posed a danger to the fragile democracy of Kurdistan, resulting in the Parliament becoming a victim of the conflict for a long time, unable to play its role or fulfill its responsibilities.

However, eventually, due to the Washington Peace Agreement signed in 1998, with the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright between (Mam Jalal and Kak Masoud), the Kurdistan Parliament was reunited. In 2002, the first session of reunification was held, followed by a second session a week later in Slemani.

The Kurdistan Parliament was reunited, and many members of the PUK faction, based on Decision No. (2) dated (04/10/2002), nominated 23 candidates for vacant seats in the Parliament, who took the oath on (04/10/2002) to become members of the Kurdistan Parliament. The members included:

1. Ahmed Sharif Ali

2. Bakr Ahmed Yaqoob

3. Cheto Raouf Mohammed Hawizi

4. Haidar Ismail Abdullah

5. Latif Abdulqadir Sadiq

6. Mohammed Abbas Aula

7. Manaf Nader Qadir

8. Nemat Abdullah Pirdawood

9. Yasin Mohammed Abdulqadir

10. Jaafar Mustafa Ali

11. Rizgar Kail Mohammed

12. Raouf Faraj Mohammed

13. Omar Said Ali

14. Mustafa Qadir Mahmoud

15. Salar Aziz Ismail

16. Ismail Ibrahim Mardan

17. Sabah Hussain Othman

18. Imad Ahmed Saifur

19. Mohsen Ali Akbar

20. Najmaddin Rashid Amin

21. Hussein Jambili Abdullah

22. Ahmed Abdulrahman Qasab

23. Sheikh Abdulkarim Haji Kak Hama

To complete the number of members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) list, according to the Washington Agreement, the number of seats allocated to the KDP was 51. In the third session of Parliament on (15/10/2002), the membership of Mr. Falakaddin Kakayee was approved to fill the vacant KDP seat, and he took the oath in the same session.

Since the Parliament’s role was to transition the political and peace processes to a more advanced stage, which involved uniting both Kurdistan administrations created due to conflicts in Erbil and Slemani, this term was called the Transitional Term.

The presidency of this term of Parliament was divided: three months for the Kurdistan Democratic Party with the presidency of Dr. Rozh Nuri Shawes, and two months for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan with the presidency of Dr. Kamal Fuad. Overall, this term extended the first term of the 1992 elections.

Therefore, the leadership of Parliament from (04/10/2002) to (30/01/2005) frequently alternated, three months for the KDP and the next two months for the PUK, in this pattern.

Every three months, the leadership of the Parliament consisted of:

Speaker of Parliament	Dr. Rozh Nuri Shaways
Deputy Speaker of Parliament	Dr. Kamal Fuad
Secretary of the Parliament	Farsat Ahmad Abdullah

 

Every other two months, the leadership of the Parliament consisted of:

Speaker of Parliament	Dr. Kamal Fuad
Deputy Speaker of Parliament	Dr. Rozh Nuri Shaways
Secretary of the Parliament	Farsat Ahmad Abdullah