Iraq
Mashaan al-Juboori, former Azm Alliance MP, on April 12, 2022. Photo: Mashaan al-Juboori/Twitter
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Monday annulled the parliamentary membership of an MP from the Sunni Azm Alliance, following a lawsuit filed against the MP by a former Iraqi minister, questioning the legitimacy of his educational qualifications.
“The federal court has canceled the membership of Mashaan al-Juboori from the fifth round of the Iraqi council of representatives,” a statement from Iraq’s top court read, without going into the specifics of the procedure that led to the verdict against the former Azm MP and member of the Save the Homeland Alliance.
Mashaan al-Juboori was the subject of a lawsuit filed by former Iraqi environment minister Qutaiba Ibrahim al-Juboori, who challenged the validity of Juboori's academic certificate.
The former MP confirmed that the lawsuit was the reason for his dismissal, taking to Twitter to express his dismay following the decision was announced.
“The political pressures of the opponents and some allies succeeded in causing the court to cancel my membership in the Council of Representatives,” Juboori's statement read, adding that the case must have “repercussions.”
His replacement in parliament has not been officially announced as of yet, but sources close to Rudaw have speculated that it might be former Iraqi MP Miqdam al-Jamili.
This is the second time Juboori has been removed from the Iraqi parliament, with his membership previously canceled in the 2007 parliament.
In a later statement on the social media network, Juboori blamed Monday’s decision on his political stances, drawing comparisons to the 2007 case.
“What happened to me today, the same happened in 2007 when they dropped my membership of the Council of Representatives due to my political stances and brought many charges against me that were dropped when they needed me,” he wrote.
Ibrahim had previously filed a complaint against Juboori prior to the snap October elections, however his case was rejected by the Iraqi electoral commission due to a “lack of sufficient evidence.”
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