Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's Parliament voted on Thursday to dismiss the head ofthe National Investment Commission, Haider Mohammed Makiyya, from his positionand refer his case files to the Federal Commission of Integrity, the country'santi-corruption body.
Lawmakers proceeded with Makiyya's parliamentary questioningin absentia after he failed to attend the session.
Mansour Al-Baiji, a lawmaker from the Reconstruction andDevelopment bloc, led by Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, told Shafaq News thatParliament continued with the questioning because “Makiyya did not appear orformally notify the legislature of any excuse for his absence.”
In the same session, Parliament also swore in sixreplacement lawmakers to fill vacant seats left by members who joined thefederal government as ministers. The new lawmakers are Bashar Aamij Ismail,Mohammed Fawaz Mohammed Dhiab, Jamal Ali Owaid, Salah Hadi Al-Zuhairi, ZahraaJameel Al-Miyali, and Jassim Mohammed Al-Sharifi.