Shafaq News- Al-Muthanna
Al-Muthanna Provincial Council onTuesday failed to remove Governor Muhannad Al-Atabi after the vote fell shortof the required absolute majority.
According to Shafaq Newscorrespondent, six of the council’s 12 members voted in favor of the dismissal,while the remaining six abstained, preventing the measure from reaching thelegally required threshold (half the total members plus one).
The deadlock follows a disputed movein February, when the council announced that Al-Atabi had stepped down ahead ofa questioning session and elected Ahmed Munfi Jawda with 10 votes. Al-Atabi,however, rejected any resignation attributed to him, before the Samawah Courtof First Instance later overturned the council’s decision and confirmed that heremains in office.
