Gorran Movement
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Movement for Change
بزوتنهوهی گۆڕان Bzutinewey Gorran |
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| Leader | Omar Said Ali |
| Founder | Nawshirwan Mustafa |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Split from | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Headquarters | Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Ideology |
Secularism Kurdish nationalism Liberal socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colors | Blue |
| Council of Representatives of Iraq |
9 / 328
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| Kurdistan Parliament |
24 / 111
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| Website | |
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The Gorran Movement (Literally: Movement for Change) (Kurdish: Bizûtinewey Gorran / بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان) or just Gorran (Change) is an Iraqi Kurdish political party under the leadership of Omar Said Ali, founded in 2009 it is the official opposition to the ruling two-party coalition of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Kurdistan List) which governs the Kurdistan Regional Government.
According to the BBC Gorran had "already shaken the political landscape in Kurdish areas" in March 2010. Support for the Movement for Change "stems from the simple fact that it is the new, dynamic, fresh option in Kurdistan" and its "calls for an end to monopoly control of power". One of Gorran's main objectives is to "uproot rampant corruption". The party is particularly popular with the youth of Kurdistan and campaigns against patronage. It consists of a mix of (former) PUK/KDP members, Peshmerga, and academics. Gorran supporters have often faced "violent intimidation". Gorran have stated in The Economist that "the KDP and PUK have done a poor job of promoting the Kurds’ interests at the federal parliament in Baghdad". The party in the 2009 and 2010 elections "won in the city and the province of Sulaimaniyah".
The movement's platform for the 2009 election was to de-politicise the regional government, strengthen the judiciary, limit political interference in the economy and make the budget more transparent. Supporting federalism for Iraqi Kurdistan, it said disputes with the central government could be solved through dialogue based on the Iraqi Constitution.
The Change List won a total of 25 seats in the July 2009 elections, making it the second-most successful list in the election after the Kurdistani List. The party viewed the election results as a huge victory.
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