Iraq parliament votes to oust Kirkuk governor | Iraq News

Iraq’s parliament has voted to remove the governor of Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk from office, according to legislators present at the vote. Thursday’s decision to remove Najm Eddine Karim followed parliamentarians’ rejection of Kurdish plans to hold an independence referendum on Tuesday. Haider al-Abadi, Iraq’s prime minister, requested the removal of Karim as leader of the oil-rich province,