August 31st 1996, Historical Facts

At the time the Kurdistan Parliament was shared "fifty/fifty" as it was common to refer to the power distribution between Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) MPs and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan MPs. The Speaker of the Parliament was KDP and his Deputy was PUK. The Prime Minister was from the PUK, his Deputy was from the KDP. The Ministers were also equally distributed. The 50/50 phenomenon was so absurd that a local poet charged the political parties of equally distributing the number of prostitutes as well.