Even though he is a member of the KDP, Hussein doesn't believe a one-party government is a good idea, saying that “the state [of Iraqi Kurdistan] hasn't sufficiently evolved yet”.
Othman, of the PUK, agrees, saying the administrations are far from united and one-party rule would be a mistake.
Harem Kamal Agha, a senior politician also of the PUK, disagrees: “Only one party should form the government. It's the only way to make the region more stable. The broad-based format hasn’t worked, and nobody can get anything done. The participation of minor parties is on paper only, it's charade,” he argues.
Meanwhile Kamran Barwari, a professor of political science at the University of Dohuk, who has been associated with the Change movement in the past, suggests that it's not just the different models of government causing problems in Iraqi Kurdistan. He also thinks its due to the lack of a proper Constitution to guide the political process in Iraqi Kurdistan.
“Party leaders here have imposed themselves on the Iraqi Kurdish parliament and this is the main reason why different formations of government have failed,” Barwari told NIQASH. “But it would wrong for the region to have a one-party government because this will just take us down the path toward dictatorship, given the absence of a truly democratic political culture. Any party that could monopolize power won't hesitate to eradicate the other parties.”
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