A Kurdish regional government was formed after those elections but fell apart after the two parties went to war in 1994.

If this turned out to be true," he said, "it would be unrelated to the creation of the new Kurdish government.

Many experts fear that once a Kurdish government is formalized even temporarily, it will be hard to dislodge.

The new constitution would ratify all laws passed by the Kurdish regional government since 1992.

With these developments, the de facto Kurdish government gained recognition for the first time in the international sphere.

Some have criticized the party for causing unnecessary unrest, arguing that there is no need for the Kurdish government to step down.

The constitution said the pesh merga would be folded into the internal security services of the regional Kurdish government.

So is the memorandum also being discussed with the Kurdish autonomous government?

"Nothing has been done for them," he said, referring to the policies of the Kurdish regional government.

The border trade may not be a moneymaker for local Kurdish governments for long.