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