Masoud Barzani insists on remaining as the president even though his term of office expired on 20 August 2015. On the other hand, Gorran and PUK defend that a new president should be selected and this should be done with referendum. This situation led the political process to a dead end. This political crisis caused serious incidents to break out in Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). After these incidents, KRG Parliament suspended its meetings and launched bilateral and multilateral negotiations in order to solve the crisis among the political parties. However, it seems difficult to resolve this problem in a short term. Even if it is resolved, new crisis will possibly arise concerning the regime and administrative structure of KRG. In this article, while the presidency crisis in KRG is examined in terms of political and legal aspects, possible solutions for the resolution of the crisis are offered.
