Almotamar.net - Yemen's General Prosecution is preparing two files on the two MPs Salah al-Shanfari and Nasser al-Khabji for lifting their immunity to arrest them and send them court.
A source at the General Prosecution said Saturday that the prosecution in the mid of last week a request from the Ministry of Interior on lifting immunity from the two parliament members al-Shanfara and al-Khabji due to their involvement in acts of riot and sabotage happened in some towns in Yemen recently.
The source expected that the two files during this week and delivered to the Ministry of Justice that would submit with the Interior Ministry to the parliament to decide the demand. The source indicated that among the accused is also the former MP Ahmed Bamalam on whom the prosecution is preparing a file for his arrest and sending to court.
The three persons are accused of impinging upon the national unity and agitating mutiny against the existing authority according to the constitution and their secessionist calls and fomenting acts of unrest and destruction.
Deputy Premier, the Minister of Interior Dr Rashad al-Alimi had last Monday informed the parliament in a closed-door meeting that the Ministry of Interior tendered a request to the General Prosecution for lifting the parliamentary immunity of the MP Salah al-Shanfari in order to arrest him and send him to justice authorities.