Iraq lifts parliamentarians’ immunity over graft probe

‘The Iraqi parliament has voted to strip the immunity of the legislature’s speaker and two lawmakers in a bid to allow an investigation into corruption charges brought against the trio by Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi.
An unnamed parliamentary official said on Tuesday that a majority of the 237 lawmakers in attendance supported the removal of parliamentary immunity from Speaker Salim al-Juburi, MP Mohammed al-Karbouli and MP Taleb al-Maamari.
Following the parliamentary vote, Juburi testified before a judiciary commission that investigates the accusations leveled at him, judiciary spokesman Abdul Sattar Bayraqdar said in a statement.’
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