On the morning of 2026-08-20, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried legal expert Abbas al-Aqabi setting out the mechanics of a parliamentary questioning: dismissal rests on parliament's conviction about the questioned official's answers, parliament cannot itself charge functional negligence, absentee no-confidence is not provided for in law, and the Federal Supreme Court is the deciding authority. In the same list of points he said the prime minister has the right to relieve the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces for not complying with orders, and that al-Zaidi discharged his own responsibility over what he called the Saudi aggression by informing military commanders through orders. The finding rests on this single broadcast; no other tracked channel in the collected window carried the same argument.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 11:25
“The prime minister has the right to relieve the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces for not complying with orders … al-Zaidi discharged his responsibility over the Saudi aggression by informing the military commanders through orders … no-confidence for the questioned official's non-attendance is not provided for in the law, and the Federal Supreme Court is the deciding authority.”
من حق رئيس الوزراء إعفاء رئيس هيئة الحشد الشعبي لعدم امتثاله للأوامر … الزيدي أخلى مسؤوليته من العدوان السعودي بإبلاغه القادة العسكريين عن طريق الأوامر … سحب الثقة لعدم حضور المستجوب لم يرد في القانون والمحكمة الاتحادية الجهة الفاصلة بالقضية
Watch: a parliamentary session convened on the questioning, a Federal Supreme Court referral or ruling on absentee no-confidence, a formal move by the prime minister on the Popular Mobilization Forces leadership, or a rival faction channel contesting the legal argument — any of these moves this file.