Iraq’s top court has ordered the suspension of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) planned referendum on independence.
The Supreme Court declared the ruling on Monday, which calls for all preparations for the September 25 vote to be halted, following a review of multiple “requests to stop the referendum”.
“The supreme court has issued the order to suspend organising the referendum set for September 25 … until it examines the complaints it has received over this plebiscite being unconstitutional,” it said in a statement.
Haider al-Abadi, Iraq’s prime minister, had previously demanded the suspension of the referendum.
