[6] Support for the Movement for Change "stems from the simple fact that it is the new, dynamic, fresh option in Kurdistan"[7] and its "calls for an end to monopoly control of power.

"[12] Gorran have stated in The Economist that "the KDP and PUK have done a poor job of promoting the Kurds’ interests at the federal parliament in Baghdad.

The movement's platform for the 2009 election was to de-politicise the regional government, strengthen the judiciary, limit political interference in the economy and make the budget more transparent.

February 17, 2011, Human Rights Watch reported security guards firing on protesters in Sulaymaniyah, killing at least one person and wounding more than 33 others after the crowd threw rocks at the political headquarters of the KDP.

[27] Under the leadership of Omar Said Ali, Gorran failed to present a lasting challenge to the KDP-PUK duopoly and the movement's popularity has been declining.

[35] The decision caused a public and political backlash when it was exposed in the independent newspaper Awena,[37] and a growing number of middle- and high-ranking officials as well as grass-roots supporters are adding their voices to the uproar within the party.

[37] As a result of Gorran's political direction and subsequent failings after the death of Nawshirwan Mustafa, the party is now split between two main rival factions.

The first faction is responsible for all decisions post-19 May 2017 and is seen as wanting to turn Gorran into a family-based party led by Omar Said Ali, Mustafa Said Qadir, Mohammad Tofiq Rahim and Nawshirwan's two sons.

[38] Corruption of Chia Nawshirwan and Nma Nawshirwan within Gorran have been exposed in the media,[39] prominent members have called for their expulsion from the party by Omar Said Ali "for the sake of Gorran’s interest and staying on the right path", the dirty deals have been facilitated by members of the KRG cabinet, one such corrupt deal has been identified concerns two valuable pieces of land belonging to the government which are 75,000 m2 and 125,000 m2 in size.

[39] Kamal Salim Gorran's Minister of Trade and Industry in the KRG cabinet has signed the deals for Chia and Nma who are accused of betraying and selling out their father Nawshirwan Mustafa.

[39] In another example of Chia Nawshirwan and Nma Nawshirwan's on going corruption scandals, their links with Sulaimani Provincial Council member Muhammad Sheikh Wahab has been exposed, Wahab under Article 289 of the Iraqi Penal Code, which criminalizes falsifying official documents is facing charges of falsifying customs bills worth $10 million in which Nma and Chia are implicated.

[51][52] Those identified with Gorran's collapse by the public are Omar Said Ali, Chia and Nma Nawshirwan, Mustafa Said Qadir, Jalal Jawher and Haval Abu Bakr.

[56] After having left Gorran, former MP Ali Hama Saleh founded a new opposition party by the name of National Stance Movement on 19 March 2024.