Protests in Hawler and Sulaymaniyah over regional government’s failure to meet demands

Residents of the Zaytun neighborhood in Hawler protested today against the lack of basic services and the authorities’ disregard for finding solutions to ongoing problems. In response, forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party dispersed the protest without addressing the citizens’ demands.

The protesters submitted a petition outlining their demands to the authorities in Hawler.

The demonstrators pointed out that the Zaytun neighborhood consists of seven residential complexes, containing 3,200 homes, and suffers from poor basic services.

They emphasized that over the past three years, they have repeatedly submitted demands to the governor for services, as the neighborhood lacks a primary school and faces issues with roads, water, and electricity, yet they have received no response.

Additionally, KDP-affiliated forces did not allow journalists to cover the protest and forcibly dispersed it without addressing the citizens' concerns.

Protesting teachers announce continuation of their strike

Meanwhile, protesting teachers and employees in Sulaymaniyah announced that they would continue their strike due to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s failure to respond to their demands.

This was stated during a press conference in which the protesting teachers and employees confirmed their continued boycott.

In the statement, read by Najmaddin Mohammed, they declared: "Due to the failure of Kurdistan Regional Government officials to respond to our demands, we have decided not to end the strike and to continue our civil protest." They firmly rejected the “accounting project,” stating, "We do not want our fate to be in the hands of an irresponsible authority; we demand that our salaries be paid by the federal government."

It is worth noting that teachers and employees in South Kurdistan have not received their salaries for December of the previous year.

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