Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) carried Falih al-Fayyad at 16:58 on 20 August saying the commission would submit the PMF law on service, retirement and structure within two weeks, and at 17:35 quoting him that any PMF member subject to a judicial order "we are the ones who will arrest him and hand him over to the competent authorities." Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) reported at 17:10 that MP Abu Turab al-Tamimi, after meeting al-Zaydi, said the PMF law would soon be approved. The rung is credible: two separate channels under different actors carry converging timetable claims, but no draft text is in the evidence and the arrest assertion rests on a single relay.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official20 Aug, 19:58
“PMF Commission chairman Falih al-Fayyad: We will submit the PMF law on service, retirement and structure within the next two weeks.”
رئيس هيئة الحشد الشعبي فالح الفياض: سنقدم قانون الحشد الشعبي للخدمة والتقاعد والهيكلية خلال الأسبوعين المقبلين
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated20 Aug, 20:10
“After the meeting with al-Zaydi, MP Abu Turab al-Tamimi: the PMF law will soon be approved.”
بعد اللقاء مع الزيدي.. النائب ابو تراب التميمي: قريبا سيتم اقرار قانون الحشد الشعبي
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official20 Aug, 20:35
“Any PMF member subject to a judicial order — we are the ones who will arrest him and hand him over to the competent authorities.”
أي فرد من الحشد الشعبي عليه أمر قضائي، نحن من سيعتقله ويسلمه إلى الجهات المختصة
A law fixing service, pensions and structure, paired with a claim that the commission executes judicial orders against its own members, defines the PMF's legal insulation from ordinary state enforcement in the same statement.