Peregraf
The Gorran Movement has made the decision to withdraw from the ninth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). An official announcement regarding this decision will be forthcoming, along with the withdrawal of other ministers and officials from Masrour Barzani's cabinet.
According to information obtained by Peregraf, a high-level meeting led by Dana Ahmad Majid, the newly appointed General Coordinator of the Gorran Movement, deliberated on the withdrawal from the government and reached a consensus in favor of this action.
Gorran is expected to formally urge other ministers and officials within Masrour Barzani's administration to resign and vacate their positions.
Any minister or official who has been appointed to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on behalf of Gorran and fails to adhere to the withdrawal decision will face expulsion from the Gorran Movement.
Gorran has been represented in the ninth cabinet of the KRG by four ministers: Awat Sheikh Janab (Finance Minister), Dana Abdulkarim (Minister of Reconstruction and Housing), Kwestan Mohammed (Minister of Labor and Social Affairs), and Kamal Muslim (Minister of Commerce and Industry), in addition to the position of Kurdistan Vice President held by Mustafa Said Qadir.
This decision to withdraw from the KRG is part of Dana Ahmad Majid's efforts to rejuvenate and revitalize the Gorran Movement.
In a bid to address the ongoing political crisis, the Gorran Movement has opted for change. As a first step, Dana Ahmad Majid, a prominent figure within the movement, has returned to the Kurdistan Region after a decade in Europe and has been appointed as the new General Coordinator.
Dana Ahmad Majid was officially entrusted with the responsibilities of Acting General Coordinator of the Gorran Movement on September 28, 2024, during a ceremony in Sulaimani conducted by Omar Said Ali. The following day, in his inaugural message, Majid stated, "We will reposition Gorran on the opposition front and will not engage in government participation, irrespective of the election outcomes."
Gorran was founded by Nawshirwan Mustafa along with several former officials from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The movement made its electoral debut in the 2009 Kurdistan parliamentary elections, winning 25 out of 100 available seats, in addition to 11 seats allocated for specific communities. This result took the two dominant parties, especially the PUK, by surprise.
Nawshirwan Mustafa's initiative tapped into widespread dissatisfaction with the PUK and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), positioning Gorran as the primary opposition force in the Kurdistan Parliament and launching a campaign of dissent. For the first four years in parliament, Gorran operated as an opposition party; however, after the 2013 parliamentary elections, where it secured 24 seats, it joined the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
In October 2015, the Gorran-affiliated speaker of parliament was prevented from returning to Erbil, and Gorran ministers and officials were removed from their government positions by a decision from the PDK Political Bureau due to ongoing conflicts. Following Nawshirwan Mustafa's death, the Gorran Movement encountered numerous challenges, resulting in the departure of various leaders and factions. In 2019, during the formation of the ninth cabinet of the KRG led by Masrour Barzani, Gorran re-entered the power structure, obtaining four ministries and a vice presidency in Kurdistan Region Presidency, which negatively impacted its public image.