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2019/07/24 11:37
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Legal Committee: the judiciary demands lifting the immunity of 60 deputies libel suits and defamation

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The judiciary has called on parliament to lift the immunity of "60" deputies from slander, defamation and corruption cases, deputy chairman of the parliamentary legal committee Mohamed al-Ghazi said on Wednesday (July 24th, 2019). 

Al-Ghazzi said in a press statement that the number of requests to lift the immunity of deputies and their introduction by the judiciary up to about 60 applications distributed between libel suits and defamation, "pointing out that" the Presidency of the House of Representatives referred these requests in the past to the advisers in the Department Oh ". 

He explained that "there are 22 previous requests reached from the judiciary to parliament in the previous session has not been decided while in the current parliamentary session, the number of requests about 38 applications relating to defamation suits and another section of corruption and waste of public funds."

"The new requests sent by the Judicial Council to the parliament require lifting the immunity of deputies accused of corruption until the completion of investigations and return to parliament in the event of acquittal of these charges against them." 

The Supreme Judicial Council called on parliament to lift the immunity of (5) deputies for their involvement in corruption deals. 


He called on the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faik Zaidan, the House of Representatives to lift the immunity of its members accused of corruption cases while taking executive duties, while stressing the cooperation between all organs in the fight against corruption. 

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Parliamentary: The government has not submitted any bill to parliament on the fight against corruption

Political | 02:03 - 24/07/2019

 
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Baghdad - Mawazine News 
The Legal Committee in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, that the government did not submit any bill for a parliament on the fight against corruption. 
The committee's deputy Hussein al-Aqabi said that "the committee has put forward several points of view, especially the fight against corruption, including the enactment of important laws to reduce its invasion and elimination." 
"The government has not submitted any bill to the House of Representatives on the fight against corruption so far." 
"The Legal Committee presented its views on the laws against corruption, including reviewing the law of the Commission on Integrity, Financial Supervision and Administrative Audit, as well as a new law for the offices of the Inspectors General disengage from the ministers to be Inspector General independent and away from the authority of the minister or party that nominated him for the post. Ending 29 / a 43

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Wednesday، 24 July 2019 01:12 PM

 

Iraqi courts issue arrest warrants for 11 ministers, officials: PM

 

Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi has said Iraqi courts have issued arrest warrants for 11 ministers and state officials on charges of corruption.

The premier told reporters that special committees have processed 1,267 cases of corruption before sending them to the court over the past six months.

Another 4,117 cases are still under investigation, Abd al-Mahdi added.

He detailed that a total of 1,593 arrest warrants have so far been issued for individuals found guilty of involvement in corruption, 497 of which have already been arrested.

There are also arrest warrants issued for 15 director generals in different ministries of the government.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/42991/Iraqi-courts-issue-arrest-warrants-for-11-ministers-officials-PM

 

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Parliamentary investigation reveal the cessation of investigation files smuggling and money laundering and appeal to Abdul Mahdi

Political | 10:49 - 25/07/2019

 
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revealed the high Nassif, Thursday, the cessation of investigation files of smuggling and money laundering by the Inspectorate of the Ministries of Finance and Interior, demanding the Prime Minister in his capacity as Chairman of the Supreme Council for the fight against corruption to receive those files. 
"The Inspector-General of the Ministry of Finance has an investigative committee headed by Mr. Saad and the tax inspector, Mr. Ahmed Zaki, as well as the customs inspector," Naseef said in a statement received by Mawazine News. Smuggling and money-laundering carried out by corruption whales in conjunction with officers of the Ministry of the Interior, and collected statements of complainants and witnesses and record the statements of employees. "
"Unfortunately, the committee was unable to announce the results of the investigations because of the considerable pressure exerted by some on the Office of the Inspector-General, especially by the MA, and so far the investigations are still pending and no action has been taken in this regard. Due to reasons that will be revealed before the judiciary and before the public opinion. " 
Naseef stressed that "the Prime Minister through the Supreme Council for the fight against corruption to receive all files and related issues from the Inspectorate of the Ministries of Finance and Interior and follow-up investigations himself to resolve it and to bring all those involved in cases of corruption and smuggling and money laundering to the judiciary, and I am ready to hand over the files personally to the President Ministers ".
She continued: "We are doing our duty of control before God and the people and fear the lawsuits against us to silence us from telling the truth," addressing the corrupt: "Raise 50 cases against me and not thirty, and on my part I will continue to reveal your files and I will follow them to the end, Drug trafficking, the worst and ugliest crimes are committed by people who are supposed to duty to fight crime, these traitors apply to them the proverb (protector of her criminals). "

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After the report "ICLD" .. Other corruption suspicions hover around the central bank

  •  July 22, 2019 - 10:56
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BAGHDAD: Sumer News The head of age of the Commission on Integrity Representative Hisham al-Suhail that his committee opened the file auction currency and the conversion of hard currency abroad, adding that the Commission will announce the results of the investigation after its completion. Suhail said in a press statement that "there are several suspicions of corruption of the Central Bank in the past periods, but the investigations did not prove actual violations." He added that "the Integrity Commission still has some files distorted by suspicions of corruption in the Central Bank." Al-Suhail pointed out that "the files belong to the currency auction and the conversion of hard currency abroad, and the Committee continues to audit all the files received." "The commission can not give precise details about the nature of the suspicions and the results of the investigation until after the completion of the investigation in full." He added that "the file in the Integrity Commission concerns the suspicions of corruption auction currency and the conversion of hard currency abroad, but until the moment is just a news." The Iraq Center for Legal Development (ICLD), revealed on Monday, 17 suspected corruption that has plagued the work of the Central Bank of Iraq over the past years. The Center said in its report to the Supreme Council for the fight against corruption, "The previous investigations were not conducted in an integrated manner, causing the door of corruption remains open to impact negatively on the Iraqi economy," noting that "previous investigations have focused on the authenticity of bills issued by banks and companies from Only formal aspect ". He pointed out that "the need to ensure the official authorities on the fact of the import of goods and goods amounts equal to the amounts of remittances and if it proves that will prove a complex crime of fraud and fraud and smuggling of funds and damage to the Iraqi economy." The report stressed " Not to verify the international banks that have been transferred amounts of remittances alleged to them, and inquire about the fact of receipt of the relevant parties or to convert them again in favor of other accounts, whether in the same bank or other banks, and here will prove the crime of money smuggling in a certainty. "The report said that" The Central Bank has doubled the number of banks in Iraq to almost three times without a feasibility study to exceed the number of Iraqi banks the number of banks of the countries of Britain and the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and Lebanon combined, which opened a new corruption is the sale and purchase of licenses establishment "The Center called for" Which was granted in the past three years, and the verification of the political views of banks or subsidized by it, which will reveal political corruption, concluding his claim also checks the exaggeration in the construction of the central bank building which is to be built. "
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  • yota691 changed the title to Parliamentary measures to lift the immunity of more than 30 deputies

Parliamentary measures to lift the immunity of more than 30 deputies

 
Baghdad / Shaima Rashid 
 Muhannad Abdul Wahab 
The Council of Representatives is preparing to lift the immunity of deputies required to the judiciary on a variety of charges ranging from defamation and corruption, and while the political blocs in the Council confirmed its support to the claims of the Supreme Judicial Council on this file, a judicial expert that the parliament did not lift the immunity of one of its members since the start of the first session Only one case was overturned by the Federal Court.
The deputy head of the Legal Committee Mohammed al-Ghazi, "The parliament continues to lift the immunity of deputies required for the judiciary as a legal and constitutional procedure and the deputy to defend himself against
Elimination ".
Al-Ghazi told Al-Sabah: "For the ministers who are accused of corruption, those who have been told by the prime minister must be referred to the judiciary before the statement, because they do not enjoy immunity, whether they are former or current, so the legal procedures are easy to be established against them." Head of the anti-corruption agency to "proceed with the investigation procedures and refer the wanted parties to the concerned parties as they are considering these matters until proven guilty or not."
He added that "the Supreme Judicial Council earlier in the House of Representatives with the presence of personalities have become members of parliament and had previously held executive positions in previous governments have been charged with some charges of corruption, and the House of Representatives to lift immunity from them as well as current deputies, That "the number of more than 30 deputies ranging between charges of libel and defamation and other charges
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Parliament is preparing to lift the immunity of deputies required to eliminate

 
Baghdad / Shaima Rashid 
Muhannad Abdul Wahab 
The Council of Representatives is preparing to lift the immunity of deputies required to judge on various charges ranging from defamation and corruption, while the political blocs in the Council confirmed its support to the claims of the Supreme Judicial Council on this file, a judicial expert that the parliament did not lift the immunity of one of its members since the start of the first session In 2006 only one case was overturned by the Federal Court.
The deputy chairman of the Legal Committee Mohammed al-Ghazi, said that "the parliament continues to lift the immunity of deputies required for the judiciary because it is a legal and constitutional action and the MP to defend himself before the judiciary."
Al-Ghazi told Al-Sabah: "For the ministers who are accused of corruption, which the Prime Minister has stated, they must be referred to the judiciary before the declaration, because they do not enjoy immunity, whether they are former or current. Head of the anti-corruption agency "to proceed with the investigation procedures and refer the wanted parties to the concerned parties as they are considering these matters until proven guilty or not."
He added that "the Supreme Judicial Council earlier in the House of Representatives with the presence of personalities have become members of parliament and had previously held executive positions in previous governments directed to some charges of corruption, and the House of Representatives to lift immunity from them as well as current deputies," adding that "The number of more than 30 deputies ranging between charges of libel and defamation and other charges of corruption."
"The law must take its course, and the lifting of immunity constitutional and legal process, and the House of Representatives to agree so that the MP can defend himself in front of the judiciary," noting that "the parliament will not take any action because the subject has become the hands of the judiciary."
In turn, the National Wisdom bloc confirmed its support to the Supreme Judicial Council to lift the immunity of some deputies who were holding executive positions.
"We are demanding that the Supreme Judicial Council lift the immunity of some MPs who held executive posts and have files of corruption open to the judiciary," said MP Khaled al-Geshmi. "We must lift their immunity to appear before the judiciary."
"The Presidency of the Council of Representatives to refer the request of the Supreme Judicial Council and the Iraqi courts to lift the immunity of the deputies, who have files and convert them with documents to the relevant committees to study them so as not to be malicious things," noting that "immunity was placed to protect the deputy in the case of the deputy corruption cases Or a particular opinion. "
He pointed out that "there are 40 books arrived from the courts to the House of Representatives to lift the immunity of some MPs," adding that "the 40 books do not mean that the number of 40 deputies, but there may be more than one file for one deputy," stressing the need for "discrimination Between financial and administrative corruption and statements and publishing courts, and we are against lifting the immunity of MPs in the event of expression of opinion or statements, "and called« the Presidency of the House of Representatives to transfer the requests of the courts to the parliamentary committees competent to study and put on the agenda ». For his part, considered the MP for the coalition of the Raed Fahmi Fahmi, that lifting the immunity of any deputy at the request of the judicial does not represent a conviction, but is an administrative procedure to facilitate the work of the judiciary.
Fahmy said in an interview: "The request to lift the immunity of some MPs did not come from a political point of view, but from the judiciary, which means that it is based on documents and documents, and therefore the proof of innocence is through going to the judiciary and the implementation of those charges," noting that «lift Immunity does not mean that the MP convicted, but a procedural step will not affect something negative in the MP is to facilitate the work of the judiciary ».
Fahmy added that "we do not want the subject of immunity to be selective, especially as the House of Representatives has placed its priority on the fight against corruption." He added that "respect for the independence of the judiciary makes us obliged to deal with such requests in a transparent manner away from any sense."
In the same context, the legal expert Tariq Harb, the parliament has not lifted the immunity of any deputy since the first session in 2006.
"It did not happen that the parliament lifted the immunity of any deputy since its first session in 2006," Harb said in a statement. "There is one case that occurred in 2008 when the immunity of MP Mithal al-Alusi was revoked. The parliament's decision to lift the immunity of this MP for unconstitutionality », adding that« returned to parliament before taking legal action against him and close the investigation ».
The head of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faik Zaidan has called on Monday, the House of Representatives to lift the immunity of its members «accused of corruption issues» during their duties of executive, stressing cooperation between all organs in the field of integrity issues.
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Editorial Date: 2019/7/27 15:48  54 times read
Legal status: lifting the immunity of the MP does not mean criminalization
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Iraqi Center for Legal Development requested the Supreme Judicial Council to lift the immunity of some MPs accused of various criminal cases, including corruption cases.
As the Center wished, according to a statement received by the {Euphrates News} a copy of it, the House of Representatives to "respond to this request to prove to all Iraqis that it is an institution that respects the law and apply it and not only legislate to be carried out on others." 
"In this regard, our Center would like to point out that lifting the immunity of any deputy wanted for the judiciary does not mean criminalizing it to the extent that it enables the judiciary to take legal action against him to prove the charge against him or not. 
"On the other hand, our center believes that the constitutional understanding of the immunity granted to the deputies in accordance with the Constitution is concerned with the statements made under the dome of Parliament, and therefore everyone - in particular our center - awaits the decision of the House of Representatives to approve the request of the Supreme Judicial Council, "He said. is over
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30 minutes ago, yota691 said:

to prove to all Iraqis that it is an institution that respects the law and apply it

 

Un-huh. Yet the daily theft of millions of dollars continues through the CBI auctions.

Less talk. More action.

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 2019/07/27 10:05:12
 

The Iraqi politician close to the US administration, Antifad Qanbar, on Saturday, revealed the "control" of the Lebanese Hezbollah on one of the most famous fugitives in Iraq. 
"According to confirmed information, the Babylon Hotel in downtown Baghdad is one of the most important places where corruption deals are taking place. It is under the control of Hezbollah, especially by Sheikh Muhammad Kawtharani, Allah)". 
"The Babylon Hotel is home to US and foreign companies, and Hezbollah deals with these companies to complete commercial corruption deals, especially those involving large and large projects," said Qanbar, who presents himself as a close associate of the US administration. He said. 
Qanbar said that "
All the hotels in the Iraqi capital Baghdad belong to the mixed public and private sector except for the state-owned Rashid Hotel. The hotels concerned are the rational located within the Green Zone (which includes the government buildings and the embassies of the United States and Britain), Mansour, Palestine, Sheraton and the Baghdad Hotel.

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The Commission on Integrity Council of the province of Basra, on Saturday, the withdrawal of a giant project in the middle of the province of a Lebanese company.

The committee chairman, Mohamed Mansouri said in an interview with "Kalkamesh Press" that "a competent committee formed earlier from the membership of the integrity of the Council of Basra and the investment investment of the province and the Office of Integrity Investigations withdrew an investment license was granted to the company Jaber Group Lebanon after proven lack of work granted to it" .

He explained that "the license granted to the company was worth 6 billion Iraqi dinars to build a residential complex in the center of the province," pointing out that "the company delayed more than 5 years from the completion of the work entrusted to it."

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Release Date: 2019/7/27 22:05 • 185 times read
A deputy confirms that parliament is preparing to lift the immunity of dozens of wanted MPs
[Baghdad-where] 
- Parliament is preparing to lift the immunity of more than 30 deputies required for the judiciary on various charges ranging from defamation and corruption, deputy chairman of the parliamentary legal committee Mohammad al-Ghazi said on Saturday. 
Al-Ghazi said in a press statement today that "the parliament continues to lift the immunity of deputies required for the judiciary as a legal and constitutional procedure and the MP to defend himself before the judiciary." 

"For the ministers who are accused of corruption, those who were told by the prime minister must be referred to the judiciary before the statement, because they do not enjoy immunity, whether they are former or current, so the legal procedures are easy to be established against them." 

Al-Ghazi called on the prime minister, as the head of the anti-corruption agency, to proceed with the investigation procedures and to refer the suspects to the concerned authorities as they are considering these matters until they are found guilty. 

He continued, "The Supreme Judicial Council earlier in the House of Representatives with the presence of personalities have become members of parliament and had previously held executive positions in previous governments have been charged with some charges of corruption, and the House of Representatives to remove immunity from them as well as current deputies." 

He explained that "the number of more than 30 deputies ranging between charges of libel and defamation and other charges of corruption."
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  • yota691 changed the title to Parliamentary Integrity: We have begun to investigate suspicions of corruption of the Central Bank
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Ahmed al-Mashhadani, a member of the Commission on Integrity, said Sunday that the committee started investigating files of corruption related to the Central Bank and selling the currency. He called on all parties claiming corruption files to be referred to the committee for scrutiny.

Mashhadani said in an interview with "Kalkamesh Press" that "the files of the corruption of the Central Bank is multiple, including those related to the work of the Commission and the investigation of these files now," noting that "the files will be sent to the competent authorities and will be announced upon completion of the investigation."

He called for "to submit files of corruption to the Commission on Integrity of the parliamentary by all parties that claim to be there to investigate." He explained that "the Committee follows all files and will begin with the important."

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6 minutes ago, DropItLikeItsHot said:

files will be sent to the competent authorities

and in the next sentence.....

by all parties that claim to be there to investigate

 

Something just don't sound right about that......

 

 

 

If they can settle the problems within 1 month, it's really good... 

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Deputy reveals to / Mawazin News / new details about file lifting immunity

Political | 01:34 - 28/07/2019

 
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Baghdad - Mawazin News 
Revealed MP on the opening Karim Aliawi, Sunday, new details on the file lifting the immunity of some MPs, explaining the meaning of "immunity." 
"The lifting of immunity is usually caused by the technical situation in the Electoral Commission and the objections submitted by a deputy or candidate to another," Aliawi told Mawazine News: "Until this moment there is no clarification on the names of the deputies whose immunity will be lifted." 
He added that "there is information in the Federal Court on some of the deputies who have administrative corruption and the last financial, the Court is directed by these deputies and give their names to lift immunity from them." 
This announced the National Wisdom bloc, on Saturday, the Parliament received 40 books to lift the immunity of some MPs.
The head of the parliamentary legal committee, Mohamed al-Ghazi, earlier that the Supreme Judicial Council earlier opened the House of Representatives with the presence of personalities have become members of parliament and had previously held executive positions in previous governments have been charged with some charges of corruption, and the House of Representatives to lift As well as the current deputies, saying that the number of more than 30 deputies ranging charges between slander and defamation and other charges of corruption.

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The Parliamentary Assembly: The Iraqi Parliament is in the process of lifting the immunity of 30 of its members

By Rudao 6 hours ago
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Previous session of the Iraqi Council of Representatives

Roudao - Erbil 

The Legal Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, that the Parliament is preparing to lift the immunity of deputies required to judge on various charges ranging from defamation and corruption, indicating that the number exceeds 30 deputies. 

"The parliament is continuing to lift the immunity of deputies required for the judiciary as a legal and constitutional procedure and the deputy must defend himself before the judiciary," said deputy chairman of the committee, Mohamed Ghazi. 

He added: "For the ministers addressed to them the corruption of those who said the Prime Minister must be referred to the judiciary before the declaration, because they do not enjoy immunity, whether they are former or current, so the legal procedures are easy to be held against them. 

Ghazi called on the prime minister as head of the anti-corruption agency to "proceed with the investigation procedures and refer the wanted parties to the concerned parties as they are considering these matters until they are found guilty or not"

He pointed out that "the Supreme Judicial Council earlier in the House of Representatives with the presence of personalities have become members of parliament and had previously held executive positions in previous governments have been charged with some charges of corruption, and the House of Representatives to lift immunity as well as current deputies," noting that "The number of more than 30 deputies ranging between charges of libel and defamation and other charges of corruption." 

It is noteworthy that the parliament has not lifted the immunity of one of its members since the start of the first sessions in 2006, only one case was canceled by the Federal Court. 

On 22-7-2019, the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq sent a request to the Presidency of the House of Representatives to lift the immunity of 5 deputies; to investigate them in cases related to corruption, without revealing their names. 

Article 63 of the Iraqi Constitution states that a member of the House of Representatives may not be arrested during the term of the legislative term except with the approval of the members by an absolute majority to lift the immunity.

Iraq is one of the world's most corrupt countries, according to the Transparency International Index over the past years, and international reports are always reported as wasteful and embezzlement of funds.

https://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/280720191

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Parliament and the judiciary discuss joint cooperation between the legislative and judicial branches in the field of combating corruption

Political | 02:14 - 28/07/2019

 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The 
legislative and judicial branches agreed on Sunday to cooperate with the legislative and judicial branches in the fight against corruption. 
A statement issued by the Higher Judicial Council received a copy of it, "a copy of it," the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faik Zeidan, received in his office today, First Deputy Speaker Hassan al-Kaabi. " 
He explained that "the two parties discussed cooperation between the legislative and judicial authorities in the fight against corruption."

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=57615

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Parliamentary Integrity: We have begun to investigate suspicions of corruption of the Central Bank

Release date: 2019/7/28 15:27 
Parliamentary Integrity: We have begun to investigate suspicions of corruption of the Central Bank
[Baghdad-where]
Ahmed al-Mashhadani, a member of the Commission on Integrity, said Sunday that the committee started investigating files of corruption related to the Central Bank and selling the currency. He called on all parties claiming corruption files to be referred to the committee for scrutiny.
Mashhadani said that "the files of the corruption of the Central Bank of multiple, including those related to the work and the Commission is investigating these files now," noting that "the files will be sent to the competent authorities and will be announced at the completion of the investigation."

He called for "to submit files of corruption to the Commission on Integrity of the parliamentary by all parties that claim to be there to investigate." He explained that "the Committee follows all files and will begin with the important."
 
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