Turki nominated to replace Shibibi as Governor of CBI

[k98nights]

Turki nominated to replace Shibibi as Governor of CBI

Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:14 | | |

Baghdad (AIN) –The Council of Ministers tasked the head of the Financial Supervision Department, Abdul Basit Turki, to run the Central Bank of Iraq as a substitute for the current Governor of the CBI, Sinan al-Shibibi.

The Iraqiya Satellite Channel quoted the Advisor of the Premier, Ali al-Musawi, as saying "The Council of Ministers decided to task Turki to run the CBI till further notice."

Earlier, a source from the Parliamentary Committee tasked to investigate the corruption cases in the Central Bank of Iraq revealed that "The Governor of the CBI, Sinan al-Shibibi, called the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, to dismiss four Directors in the Bank for their involvement in corruption cases."

The source stated to AIN "Shibibi have asked Maliki three years ago to dismiss the four directors for their responsibility for the corruption taking place in the CBI; yet Maliki rejected."

"One of the investigation judges issued an arrest warrant against Shibibi but the UNAMI, the US Embassy in addition to the Presidency as well as some of the political leaders interfered and called the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Midhat al-Mahmoud, who was not informed about the warrant, to interfer in this case" the source added.

"Mahmoud issued an order to cancel the warrant and punished the judge who issued it considering arresting Shibibi as impacting the sovereignty of the country," the source concluded. /End/

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[yota691]

الثلاثاء 30 ذو القعدة 1433هـ - 16 أكتوبر 2012م KSA 18:05 - GMT 15:05

Government of Iraq appoints new governor of the Central Bank

Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit takes office after the sacking of Shabibi

Tuesday, November 30 1433 - October 16, 2012

The new governor's "CBI" Abdul Basit Turki

Arab. Net

Dismissed the Iraqi government's central bank governor Sinan al-Shabibi, after an investigation by a parliamentary committee in accusations of corruption within the bank. said media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister "The Council of Ministers appointed by the President of Supreme Audit, Abdul Basit Turki, the Department of the Central Bank until further notice." Some leaks spoke about the Central Bank Governor Sinan al-Shabibi, told Prime Minister months before the need for the dismissal of some officials in the Bank of close to Maliki's party for their involvement in the operations of an organization to money laundering, but Maliki refused removed in a timely manner.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/10/16/244111.html

[tilak]

Yep the leaks were found out but Maliki found out in April.

[tetres]

Bondlady claims Shabbabi wanted to LOP....She says this guy WANTS to RV....Time will tell...

Bondlady is an embarrassment.

[sandstorm]

Bondlady claims Shabbabi wanted to LOP....She says this guy WANTS to RV....Time will tell...

Shabbibis been wanting to lop for years......only bondlady has never admitted that until now...

[gregp]

It makes you wonder how much behind the lines US involvement was going on. Did shabibi really want a lop? Was the great US plan against it? Did they butt heads? Only time will tell. If we see a quick RV, that will tell all.