Iraqi Kurdistan’s problems with their President are actually nothing new. In fact, being a President here has often had no democratic or legal foundation. There’s a long history behind the current debate. A PUK supporter holds a green flag during election campaigning in 2010. (photo: دشتي أنور) The Iraqi Kurdish President’s term expired yesterday. And the political actors in the semi-autonomous, northern region have been arguing about whether the current President, Massoud Barzani, should stay or go for more than two months now, in the run up to this expiration. Nobody has been able to come to any kind of agreement and it looks as though, despite the best efforts of many, the debate will go on. But in fact this particular debate has been going on for far longer than the current episode. The question of who should get the job of president in Iraqi Kurdistan has been […]