Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Parliament voted on Thursday to lift immunity of MP, Soran Omar Saeed.

Kurdistan Regional Parliament held a session on Thursday to lift immunity of a number of its members amid its president, Riaz Faeq boycott to the session.

The regional parliament began to hold the session, headed by First Vice-President , Himen Hawrami  after the quorum was completed, in the presence of 58 MPs.

Hawrami rejected in a statement a request made by a number of deputies to delete a paragraph concerning withdrawing confidence of a number of members, stressing that the request violates the internal system.

Shafaq News correspondent said that the attendees refused to lift the immunity of (Omid Abdel Rahman Hassan, Ali Hama Saleh and Sherine Amin Abdel Ghaffour).

The correspondent added that Parliament voted 57 votes overwhelmingly to lift the immunity from (Soran Omar Saeed).

The session chairman instructed the legal committee to take the necessary measures after lifting immunity from Saeed.

Parliament Speaker , Rewaz Faeq said yesterday in an interview with reporters from inside the parliament that she is not satisfied with holding a session that includes immunity lifting of members of Parliament.