Crisis Spiral Affecting Citizens in Kurdistan

A former member of the Kurdistan Parliament, Kawa Abd al-Qadir, described the services in the region as "very bad" on Sunday, noting that the ruling parties are preoccupied with their conflicts, leaving the Kurdish citizen to live in a spiral of crises. Abd al-Qadir stated, "We have not yet entered the summer, and the available electricity supply does not exceed limited hours. Private generator owners still turn off their generators at one a.m. and only turn them on again at one p.m." He added, "We have not yet entered the summer, and there is a water crisis, as many areas in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil receive water only every 3 or 4 days." He pointed out that "the deterioration of service reality is due to the presence of weak and divided government institutions in Kurdistan, and the ruling parties are preoccupied with their conflicts, leaving the Kurdish citizen to live in a spiral of crises." He emphasized that "other services in hospitals and schools are also very deteriorated, and most of the public streets require maintenance." It is worth mentioning that the electricity crisis in the Kurdistan region has been chronic and ongoing for years without any solutions. Regional Parliament officials confirmed that the ongoing shortage is due to the sale of electricity by the companies responsible for its production to the federal government, due to the regional government's inability to pay these companies' dues, which has led to a significant loss of energy for the region.