Most of the factions in the Kurdistan Parliament did not participate in today's session. The Pulse, the New Generation, the Islamic Union of Kurdistan, the Allost, the Justice Group and Goran did not participate, and together held about 53 seats. The KDP claims that the impasse with the pulse shows no chance of being resolved and that there is no justification for keeping parliament paralyzed. However, the more pressing issue for the KDP is a case in the Federal Supreme Court seeking to formally recognize the KRG cabinet as a provisional government and limit its authority. The complaint has a strong legal basis and it will be difficult for the court to dismiss outright, but the repeated rejection gave the parties room to negotiate a new cabinet. After failing to break the impasse with the pulse, the KDP is now racing to restart parliament ahead of the December court hearing. The pulse claims that the KDP is trying to present him with a fait accompli by unilaterally restarting parliament and eventually forming a government without him. Most of the other factions refused to participate because they did not want to be dragged into the KDP-Dupek power struggle.