Parliament set to lift immunity of 11 HDP deputies

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Twenty-five Presidential Resolutions for the lift of 11 Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies were submitted to the parliament last night (October 21), the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

The parliament's Joint Constitution and Justice Committee will examine the files.

The MPs whose immunity may be lifted are: Saliha Aydeniz (5 resolutions), Dersim Dağ (5 resolutions) Semra Güzel (3 resolutions), Remziye Tosun (2 resolutions), (Diyarbakır), Berdan Öztürk (3 resolutions) (Ağrı), Ömer Öcalan, Ayşe Sürücü (Urfa), Mahmut Toğrul (Antep), Feleknas Uca (Batman), Nuran İmir (Şırnak), Muazzez Orhan Işık (2 resolutions) (Van).

In the current term of the parliament, two deputies from the HDP and one from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) were previously stripped of MP status.

The HDP managed to win 67 seats in the 600-seat parliament in the 2018 elections.

Also, the government has dismissed 48 out of 65 HDP mayors in the mostly Kurdish-populated eastern and southeastern regions and replaced them with "trustees." (EKN/VK)