Iraqi
Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi has decided to strip Talal Khodeir of
his parliamentary immunity over corruption charges.
Khodeir
used to belong to Al-Qarrar bloc.
“Based
on powers granted by the Constitution, it has been decided to remove the parliamentary immunity of MP Talal
Khodeir Abbas over complaints of corruption while being the chief of the
Integrity Committee,” a document from the parliament said.
Halbousi
decided to remove the immunity after a request was made by a court ahead of
bringing him to law over charges of embezzlement.
Removing
the immunity does not mean dropping his membership but a pivotal step for his
trial.
This
is the first time to remove the immunity of an MP since the parliamentary
elections in May 2018.
Friday, 24 January 2020
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