The Parliament has never previously discussed the results from any investigation committee, despite one.

The 16th Parliament consists of 11 parliamentary investigation committees that have been examining the previous two parliaments for corruption allegations. The current situation of escalating street demands to fight corruption could cause these committees to get their turn to participate, especially in light of the vacancy in the current Parliament and the conclusion of the first regular session.

Forming parliamentary investigation committees is not new, however, getting an outcome is.

Democratic Assembly bloc head, Bassam Haddadeen, said that he cannot remember in his parliamentarian life a single case where an investigation committee completed its mission and submitted its results on time, if they submitted one at all.

Records show that no parliamentary committee has ever handed in its final report unless the committee found no corruption charges.

Several MPs are aware of this reality and their inability to do anything about it. These members demand that the Audit Bureau supervises them or that the constitution is amended so that MPs can deal with the accused legally.

The Parliamentary Changing Bloc demanded that the Audit Bureau and the anti-corruption committee come under the direct supervision of the parliament. The bloc wanted to make this happen by passing some legislative amendments that take the government's control off the bureau, according to bloc member Ahmad Shaqran.

The constitution gives  MPs the role of prosecutor by allowing them the right to accuse ministers with the  approval of 2/3 of its members. However, MPs cannot transfer any case of corruption allegations regarding officials to the persecutor or for trial, but instead to the government, according to the higher council for constitution interpretation.

Requests to form permanent committees in the parliament for anti-corruption that demand transparency and integrity  may not be feasible in light of the current state of the Parliament that lacks the means and actual authority to investigate and hold others accountable.

MP Khaled Bakkar remarked that throughout his long experience in the parliament, investigative committees formed by the parliament for multipurpose issues do nothing more than overturn the constitution in order to fill in the gaps where the Parliaments is unable to supervise during its regular session. Bakkar also added that these committees were created solely for this purpose.

Additionally, the parliament has also faced the problem of overlapping jurisdictions with the anti-corruption committee.  The parliament is now waiting for the outcome of the many cases being investigated which should be quick, unlike previous cases within the old Parliament. If not, national protests will continue to remove the Parliament.