SULAIMANI — Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Political
Bureau member Hoshyar Zebari was called to the Al-Karkh investigations court in
Baghdad on Tuesday (May 17) on charges of insulting the Federal Supreme Court.
A source from the court said that Zebari was summoned to the
court based on a complaint filed on May 16, 2022, by a Federal Supreme Court
legal representative for "insulting the court repeatedly."
Zebari was the KDP's candidate for the Iraqi presidency
before being suspended by the Federal Supreme Court in February. His suspension
was due to the 2016 ruling that removed Zebari from his position as Iraqi
finance minister on financial and administrative corruption charges.
On February 15, the Federal Supreme Court issued a verdict
saying that the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) law on the independent
sale of the Region's oil and natural gas was against the Iraqi constitution.
Zebari criticized the federal court's decision on the
Kurdistan Region's oil and gas sector and described the ruling as a
"political decision."
(NRT Digital Media)