suspended Chief Justice of the Supreme Council super Zidane , Tuesday, on " the appointment of senior positions under judicial approval of the Council of Representatives." 

Zidane said on the sidelines of the Rafidain International Conference held in Baghdad that "the appointment of senior judicial positions with the approval of the House of Representatives is a violation of the principle of separation of powers." 

He added that "the judiciary responded to terrorism with all courage, we provided 67 martyrs of the judges at a time when there were no more than 500 judges."