Press reporting on 23 August at 11:19 GMT carried al-Hakim telling the US chargé d'affaires that faction weapons should be handed over to the PMF Commission. The supplied item gives the headline formulation only and does not specify which al-Hakim spoke or the wider context of the meeting. The rung is preponderance: a named outlet carries a direct attribution and nothing contradicts it, but the speaker is not fully identified in the supplied material and no statement from his office is in hand.
- Alsumaria23 Aug, 14:19
“Al-Hakim to the US chargé d'affaires: faction weapons should be handed over to the PMF Commission.”
الحكيم للقائم بالأعمال الأمريكي: سلاح الفصائل يجب أن يُسلم لهيئة الحشد
The reported position places institutional absorption of faction weapons on the table in a direct channel to Washington, at the same moment KH's parliamentary voice is deferring the question entirely.