In February 2009, the ICM announced its intentions to grill PM Nasser. On February 5, 2009, Al-Qabas quoted MP Ashour as saying that he suspected that the plan to grill Prime Minister Nasser is a plot between the cabinet and the ICM.[8] At the same time, MP Al-Tabtabaei advised the Salafi MPs to support ICM’s grilling.[9]