The Iraqi House of Representatives voted to sack the governor of Nineveh Ethel Nujaifi by vote of 169 deputies.

The Iraqi House of Representatives voted to sack the governor of Nineveh Ethel Nujaifi by vote of 169 deputies.

A member of the National Alliance Sabah al-Saadi said the House of Representatives voted to approve sacking the governor of Nineveh Ethel Nujaifi from office.

The MP of the coalition of state law Haitham al-Jubouri said earlier, the House of Representatives received a formal request from the prime minister to dismiss the governor of Nineveh province.

Jubouri said that “the province of Nineveh Council voted earlier on Najafi dismissal from his post and asked the Cabinet to activate it.”