This paper addresses the question of the viability of opposition political parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Faced with the permanent grip on power exerted by the two dominant parties—the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)—what is the role of the opposition political parties. And what obstacles stand in the way of them carrying out their roles. Drawing on the literature and on data from interviews with key players, the paper considers the options open to the challenging parties and the key weaknesses that hinder the effectiveness of opposition parties in Kurdistan, and concludes that all of these opposition parties offer themselves as an alternative to the PUK and KDP, but in reality, and based on their previous results, they are not reached in this level to be able to form a cabinet, and are fragmented, and would not be able to capitalize on public resentment and one can conclude that at present will not be able to create any threat to the PUK and PDK ruling doubly in power or even to make a fundamental question on the current set up of the system. These constraints are forced due to the fact that the political landscape in KRI has become a main obstacle for opposition parties to be invested in. Thus, the voters, who have always had a grievance with PUK and PDK in power for a long time, are left without any choice and have little to gain but much to lose by supporting opposition parties.