11.   Congress voted last November to remove his parliamentary immunity, paving the way for a Supreme Court interrogation, which is pending.

12.   Eight other signers, who are elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, face efforts to strip them of their parliamentary immunity.

13.   If the court finds incriminating evidence, it must then ask Parliament to waive parliamentary immunity.

14.   It violates the principle of parliamentary immunity that is essential to representative government.

15.   Most observers agree that the legal challenge is not particularly promising, even though Bossi has agreed to waive his parliamentary immunity and allow the court case to proceed.

16.   No member of parliament took advantage of parliamentary immunity to ask questions about the allegations.

17.   Parliamentary immunity, moreover, attracts candidates who are facing criminal charges, and who want to escape prosecution by becoming lawmakers.

18.   Ortega will probably not face trial, as a judge ruled this week that he has parliamentary immunity.

19.   The case is being brought in an administrative court where Haider cannot assert parliamentary immunity.

20.   The Israeli Legislature voted in November to strip him of his parliamentary immunity, clearing the way for his prosecution on both counts.