Integrity comments on the “Committee for Major Cases” .. These are the corruption whales!
Baghdad – Today, Tuesday, the Parliamentary Integrity Committee promised the government’s formation of a committee to combat major corruption cases, a step in the right direction.
Member of the committee, MP Hassan Shaker, said in a statement to the official agency, followed by “Nass”, (September 1, 2020), that “Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s intention to form an anti-corruption cell or committee is a good step in the right direction,” calling on the government to “follow the correct mechanisms in Facing corruption whales. ”
He added that “the sources of corruption and the mechanism of its spread in Iraq must be identified, and complete information gathered, to form an integrated database, then stop the corrupt and send them to the courts to receive their just penalty,” pointing out that “corruption is widespread and widespread in Iraq, but it needs seriousness and real work.” To combat it. ”
He explained that “the so-called corruption whales are influential people in ministries and state departments, and they must be held accountable.”
The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, had previously announced the formation of a supreme committee to deal with major corruption cases and exceptional crimes, while announcing the end of the first phase of investigating the facts of violations against the October demonstrators.
The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, believed that the formation of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi of an investigative committee to look into major and exceptional cases of corruption agrees with the constitution in Article 78, and it will also be a gateway to open important files.
Al-Tamimi said in a statement, which “People” received a copy of, (August 30, 2020), that “the formation of this committee is in accordance with the constitution, Article (78) that granted broad powers to the Prime Minister, as well as Article (2) of the Cabinet Bylaw No. 2 of 2019 And also the State Employees Discipline Law No. 14 of 1991.
He added, “This committee can refer investigative files to the judiciary or the public prosecution … but I think the cabinet can coordinate with the Judicial Council in establishing a specialized court for investigation and trial, as well as clarifying the source of the information and receiving the files and allowing them.”
He pointed out that “the formed committee will be a gateway to open important and large files, for example the file of the fall of Mosul, the killing of demonstrators, the waste of public money, and the smuggling of money out of Iraq, which is estimated at 500 billion dollars.”
Al-Tamimi stressed the need for the files to be examined by this committee for confidentiality and also coordination with the public prosecution to demand the return of the fugitives and the smuggled money in accordance with the International Interpol agreement and coordination with the American side in accordance with Article 27 of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement.
He continued, “I think this is an important step in the right direction towards correcting the tracks.”