Influential forces disrupt parliamentary sessions to prevent the lifting of the immunity of some deputies
Influential forces disrupt parliamentary sessions to prevent the lifting of the immunity of some deputies
2021-05-21 01:18
Shafaq News / Influential political forces are working to suspend the parliament sessions to be held during the coming days, in order to prevent the parliament from taking a number of decisions, the most prominent of which is lifting the immunity of some MPs.
The Iraqi parliament intends to lift the immunity of 20 deputies with the start of its sessions during the next few days, in response to a request made by the Supreme Judicial Council, to “lift the immunity of the deputies due to the presence of corruption cases and suspicions against them recently revealed by the Anti-Corruption Committee.”
The Presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives had postponed a number of its sessions earlier, due to the work of political forces and representative figures to break the legal quorum, fearing that the parliament would vote to lift the immunity of some representatives wanted for investigation of corruption cases, by the Diwani Order 29 committee on combating corruption.
Regarding these data, an informed political source revealed, to Shafaq News, that “influential (different) political forces do not want the Iraqi parliament to hold sessions for it, and seek to disrupt the parliament until the parliamentary elections.”
The source added, “These forces will work to thwart any session, by directing their deputies to boycott the sessions, to prevent parliament from taking several decisions, the most important of which is lifting the immunity of some deputies.”
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