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Shafaq News- Baghdad
An Iraqi court on Thursday ordered the release of MP Mustafa Sanad on
bail after he appeared voluntarily before investigators in a complaint filed by
fellow lawmaker Bahaa al-Araji over a physical altercation case inside
parliament.
Sanad, a member of the Shiite bloc Abshir Ya Iraq, confirmed that he had
waived his parliamentary immunity, noting that lawmakers had not moved to lift
it, amid parallel efforts to resolve the dispute through political channels.
He added that reconciliation efforts had been underway for about a
month, involving Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi, First Deputy Speaker
Adnan Fayhan al-Dulaimi, and several bloc leaders. Those efforts did not lead
to a settlement, a position Sanad linked to members of the Reconstruction and
Development coalition and its leader, caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia
al-Sudani.
Sanad also presented evidence and witnesses during the court session,
arguing that al-Araji had previously directed verbal insults at him during a
television appearance and had repeated similar remarks during the same
parliamentary session in which the confrontation occurred.