The first issue of Port Diaries. Between 22 September and 31 December 2021, former ministers Nohad Machnouk, Ali Hassan Khalil, Ghazi Zeaiter and Youssef Fenianos filed thirteen lawsuits against the judicial investigator, Judge Tarek Bitar, and the investigation was halted again and again.
The paper follows the main legal events of November and December 2021 day by day. It then explains political immunity: when a member of parliament enjoys it, what happens while a government is in caretaker status, and why it does not protect MPs outside the sessions of parliament.
Its conclusion: Judge Bitar's charges against MPs Khalil, Zeaiter and Machnouk outside parliament's sessions need no prior permission from parliament, so immunity cannot be used as a pretext to block their prosecution.
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The full article is in Arabic.