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The government launches an anti-corruption campaign to hold 1,000 people accused of corruption accountable


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Fighting corruption is one of the most prominent demands of the demonstration squares in Iraq
  

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The Iraqi government campaign began with the arrest of figures accused of corruption in state institutions, including ministers, deputy ministers, heads of investment agencies and businessmen, whose number is determined to be 1000.

Iraq has a number of institutions that follow the file of corruption, such as the Integrity Commission, the Supreme Council for Combating Corruption, the Parliamentary Integrity Committee and others, and the country ranks last in the classification of Transparency International.

A member of the Parliamentary Economic Committee, Ali Al-Lami, said that the despicable quota system produced corruption by distributing positions to parties, indicating that there are 27 people accused of corruption who will be arrested in the coming days, including 2 ministers, heads of investment bodies, deputy ministers and general directors.

He pointed out that more than 5,000 corruption files exist with the Integrity Commission, and all of them contain evidence, but the lack of will disrupted the issue of combating corruption.

And Iraq entered more than a trillion dollars since 2003 until now, but the country is still experiencing economic deterioration as a result of rampant corruption, and a large number of Iraqis welcomed any measures that limit corruption. The Anti-Corruption Council has identified 1,000 individuals accused of corruption since it began operating during the previous government.

Informed sources indicated that the arrest of the former head of the retirement authority, Ahmed Abdul Jalil and the head of the Baghdad Investment Commission, Shaker Al-Zamili, is due to corruption files, indicating that there are 4 former ministers who will be arrested in the coming days, especially since there is international coordination to recover the corrupt figures.

Meanwhile, a member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Alia Nassif, said that corruption in Iraq exists in the country's leaders, and they own economic bodies, and thus requires political will to eliminate corruption, noting that the black box for corrupt files resides in the Ministry of Oil.

She stressed that the contracts of the ministries of oil, electricity, trade and defense are marred by a lot of corruption, explaining that tax evasion has damaged the Iraqi economy, which is an important file of corruption.

In the meantime, the head of the Reform and Change Foundation, Sabah Al-Kinani, said that corruption has become a reality in Iraq, and if there is an employee who is not corrupt, he fights and may be referred to retirement, explaining that there are contracts signed by state institutions, with fake companies under the pretext of social security for employees and retirees. Pointing out that one institution gives these companies amounts between 7-9 billion dinars per month.

He noted that the arrest of the former head of the retirement authority, Ahmed Al-Saadi, was due to the signing of a contract with a fake company regarding social security, as 7 billion dinars were deducted per month from the retirees.

 
 
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Hassan Al Kaabi: We will uncover major corruption files in electricity

 
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The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, revealed an initial report that includes billions in waste, violations, and major corruption files in investment contracts at the Ministry of Electricity, which will be announced during the next few years.  
A statement of his office stated that “Al-Kaabi chaired a meeting of the Order Committee (62) concerned with investigating and checking contracts for the Ministry of Electricity since 2003 until now, in the presence of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Services and Construction Committee Walid Sahlani, member of the Parliamentary Economic Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, Head of the Financial Supervision Bureau, Rafel Yassin Khudair Agency and General Director The Investigation Department of the Integrity Commission, Karim Al-Ghazzi ». The meeting reviewed the parliamentary-supervisory measures taken regarding the disclosure of files of corruption and waste in public money related to contracts and stations of the Ministry of Electricity, in addition to a detailed graphical-numerical explanation of all the cases and files that were considered by the committee during the previous period.
Al-Kaabi confirmed, according to the statement, that “the committee will hold a new meeting next week to complete the roadmap that was drawn up for the committee’s work and prepare the initial report on the violations and files documented by the heads and members of the parliamentary committees affiliated with the Order 62 Committee and the role of the field teams that moved from the first day of the formation of the committee to the Ministry of Electricity. And the departments and stations affiliated with it, and the efforts of the Integrity Commission and the Board of Financial Supervision in that.
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Shafaq News / On Thursday, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance assured employees that it will continue to distribute their salaries via smart cards, regardless of judicial procedures against individuals or companies providing payment cards.

This comes hours after a security force arrested Baha Abdul-Hussein Abdul-Hadi, director of the Key Card Company, at Baghdad International Airport while trying to flee outside Iraq, according to what the Shafaq News Agency told a security source.

The Ministry of Finance said in a statement, that it confirms "the continuation of the payments of financial amounts to all recipients through electronic payment cards of various kinds."

She added that "any investigative or judicial procedures affecting individuals associated with companies providing payment cards will not affect at all the process of receiving the beneficiaries of their money in the usual way and without any delay." 

She pointed out that "the measures recently taken by the government aim to impose the rule of law and order, in a manner that provides a fair, comfortable and impartial work environment, and preserves the rights of local and foreign investors, in accordance with the law." 

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After the arrest of the owner of the 'Key Card' company ... Finance clarifies about salaries via smart cards
 

Baghdad - People  

On Thursday, the Ministry of Finance issued a clarification regarding the relationship of investigative and judicial procedures against individuals associated with electronic payment companies and the process of receiving receivables.  

A statement issued by the Information Office of the Minister of Finance, which "people" received a copy of, (September 17, 2020) stated, "The ministry assures to the honorable citizens that the payments of sums of money to all those who deserve it will continue through electronic payment cards of all kinds, and that any investigative or judicial procedures affect individuals." Associated with companies that provide payment cards will not affect at all the process of receiving their money in the usual way and without any delay. "  

He added, "The Ministry of Finance takes this opportunity to also confirm that the measures recently taken by the government aim to impose the rule of law and order, in a manner that provides a fair, comfortable and impartial work environment, and preserves the rights of local and foreign investors, in accordance with the law."  

  

Earlier today, a security force arrested Bahaa Abdel-Hussein, director and owner of the "Key Card" company.  

A source told Nass (September 17, 2020), that "a security force has arrested the director and owner of the (Key Card) company at Baghdad International Airport, when he was intending to flee outside the country."    

  

Yesterday, a special military force arrested the former director of the retirement authority, Ahmed Al-Saadi.  

A security source told Nass, "A force from Swat arrested the former president of the General Retirement Authority, Ahmed Al-Saadi, and took him from his home to the headquarters of the Swat forces in preparation for presenting him to the investigating judge tomorrow."      

The source confirmed to "People" that "6 other officials were also arrested in the same campaign, while he refused to reveal their names," stressing that "it will be announced in the appropriate time legally."      

He added, "The commission of inquiry into major corruption cases and exceptional crimes that was formed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi (August 27) last, received seven major corruption files in Iraq, and it continues to implement the decisions issued against the accused." It is likely that "the campaign includes large heads." Limit described.      

He added, "The next phase of this campaign will include a number of senior local officials."      

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Shafaq News / On Thursday, an informed source revealed that travel bans had been issued and three current and former officials were arrested based on the orders of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The source told Shafaq News that "travel ban orders were issued against the former Baghdad security, Dhikra Alloush, and Director General of Contracts at the Ministry of Planning."

The source also stated that "an arrest warrant was issued against the Director General of Baghdad Water Ammar Musa."

This development comes a few hours after the arrest of Bahaa Abdul-Hussein Abdul-Hadi, director of the Key Card Company, at Baghdad International Airport while trying to flee outside Iraq, according to a security source to Shafaq News.

It is noteworthy that the Supreme Committee for Combating Corruption arrested the former director of the Retirement Authority, Ahmed Al-Saadi, in Baghdad, and a security force arrested Shaker Al-Zamili, director of the Baghdad Investment Life.

This campaign comes under direct orders from Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, according to what a security source told Shafaq News Agency.

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The arrest of the Director General of the Agricultural Bank in Baghdad

 

 
 

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Thursday, the security services arrested the Director General of the Governmental Cooperative Agricultural Bank, Adel Khudair, and his son in the capital, Baghdad.
A source said in a press statement that "a security force arrested the bank manager, his son, in addition to 10 other employees in the bank."
The source added, "The arrest of the bank manager, his son, and the employees took place on the seventh of this September, and the incident has not been announced yet."

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Today, Saturday, the American newspaper Al-Monitor saw that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi has taken serious steps to fight corruption in Iraq, while it indicated that the religious authority gave Al-Kazemi exceptional support to open large corruption files and hold those involved accountable.

Al-Monitor said in a report that "Al-Kazemi is beating the drums of the war against corruption and the hegemonic powers are desperate to prevent their accused symbols from being harmed."

The report added, "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi began serious steps in combating corruption in Iraq, by announcing the arrest of a number of those involved, while this was met with broad popular satisfaction, and the call not to compliment the dominant parties."

The report indicated that "the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Hennis Blashart, announced after a meeting in Najaf with the Supreme Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, on September 13, 2020, that the reference supports taking exceptional steps to open large files of corruption and hold those involved accountable."

It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi took measures in recent days that analysts described as excellent when he visited a number of border outlets to tighten control over them. The director of the Public Pension Fund, Ahmed Al-Saadi, and the head of the Baghdad Investment Commission, Shaker Al-Zamili, were arrested on charges of corruption, and reports indicate the arrest of branch managers The Agricultural Bank in Abu Ghraib, Fallujah, Ramadi and Salah al-Din, while things are still vague about a number of other corrupt people who may be arrested soon, according to leaks and statements from here and there.

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On charges of corruption ... 4 government officials were arrested today
  
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) Today, Saturday, the Anti-Corruption Agency arrested 4 government officials on charges of corruption.

A source told Al-Furat News that "the Anti-Corruption Agency has arrested 4 managers at the Agricultural Bank, after investigations with the bank's director."

"The detainees are the managers of Ramadi, Fallujah banks, Abu Ghraib Salah al-Din," he added.

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Two Iraqi officials and a businessman have been arrested this week as part of a new anti-corruption campaign led by the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, according to what two sources confirmed on Friday.

In August Al-Kazemi established an anti-corruption committee and allowed the CTS to arrest senior officials in the country This context. Two Iraqi officials close to the file confirmed to France Press that the first arrests took place during the week. According to them, the director of the retirement authority, Ahmed al-Saadi, and the head of the Baghdad Investment Commission, Shaker al-Zamili, were arrested on Wednesday. The director of the smart card company "Q-Card", Bahaa Abdul-Hussein, was arrested at Baghdad airport on Thursday According to the two sources, who refused to give further details about the charges against the three or About places of detention.

A source said, "The committee is looking into sectors that have been under suspicion for some time," adding that the arrest decisions Issued by the judiciary. The two Iraqi officials said the anti-corruption campaign does not target individuals, groups, or sectors. Every new Iraqi prime minister seeks to launch an anti-corruption campaign as he takes power, with successes recorded Uneven. A parliamentary report indicated that about 450 billion dollars of public funds were wasted in Iraq as a result of corruption Since the US invasion of the country in 2003.

Badr Al-Ziyadi, a member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, confirmed that the coming days will witness the arrest of new names. And there are great suspicions of corruption, stressing that there are no red lines on anyone and everyone is subject To the law. Al-Ziyadi said, "The procedures that the Prime Minister have started to follow up and arrest those who have suspicions." Corruption and files with the regulatory authorities are real measures that are supported by all political forces, parliamentary committees and in particular The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, "indicating that" the coming days will appear new and large names of different levels She is also arrested, as there are no red lines for anyone showing corruption files and everyone Subject to the law ».

Al-Ziyadi added, "The arrest of some of the suspects does not mean that they are categorically corrupt." The final decision will be for a fair judiciary, because all those arrested will have payments to bring to court and remain The final word for the judiciary is to decide the matter, ”noting that“ there are many files being completed He referred it to the judiciary and supervisory authorities to follow it up, and there are big names, and everyone who has suspicions of corruption will impose an authority The law on them ».He stressed, "The judiciary understands what is happening, and everyone knows that since 2003 until today, no." Big and powerful figures are being arrested due to partisan and political pressures, but today it is up to a council president Ministers and the Anti-Corruption Committee to arrest everyone who has corruption files or suspicions, and from all parties without Discrimination between a specific bloc or entity, and anyone who caused the waste of the country's wealth throughout the years to be held accountable The precedent aims to achieve a real breakthrough in accountability for the corrupt and the heads of corruption ».

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Iraqi politician Izzat Al-Shabandar indicated today, Saturday, that he will be the first to cheer for Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi if corruption whales are struck.

Shabandar said in a tweet on his Twitter account: "The war on corruption or its monopoly? I do not demand to hit the heads of corruption (directly) because I know what the implications of this are now. But I will applaud those who hit their necks, i.e. (their tools)."

He added, "As for us to start and end with those who do not have a strong bloc to shelter them, and no leader (my tribe) protects them, it is nothing more than a festival of propaganda and advertising."

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A former member of the Anti-Corruption Council, expert Saeed Yassin Musa, revealed that the arrests of responsible figures accused of corruption and manipulation of public funds were based on the implementation of arrest and recruitment orders and a judicial order that cannot be appealed.

And Musa indicated that there are files in the former Anti-Corruption Council according to meals, the first included a thousand employees with a recommendation to the government to withdraw the hand of these employees, adding to it in the second meal about a hundred and forty employees from various ministries, so it became up to one thousand two hundred files, eight hundred of them were liquidated Between the Public Prosecution, the Integrity and Judiciary Commission, there are also four hundred files regarding which judicial moves were supposed to be carried out at the beginning of this year, but they were suspended.

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A source revealed that "the investigation committee in major corruption and exceptional crimes cases has arrested 4 managers in the Agricultural Bank after investigations with the Director of the Governmental Cooperative Agricultural Bank, Adel Khudair, and his son in the capital, Baghdad."

The source said: "The four detainees are the director of Abu Ghraib Bank in Baghdad, the director of Ramadi Bank, the director of the Fallujah Bank in Anbar,

as well as the director of a bank in Salah al-Din."

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Today, Saturday, the head of the Rafidain bloc, MP Yonadam Kanna, called on the prime minister to hit the well-known corruption whales and not be limited to small employees, while noting that all laws allow Al-Kazemi to act and verify.

Kanna told Al-Akhbariya, "When we launched the Integrity Commission and the rest of the institutions concerned with monitoring in Iraq, its purpose was for the law to prevail over the old before the young, to apply the authority of justice to everyone and not to classes without others."

 He added, "Al-Kazemi is required to apply the law fairly to ensure the recovery of billions that were stolen and there is no problem in the laws against corruption, but we need a will to implement it." He stole billions of dollars. "

Kanna called on Al-Kazemi to "accelerate the application of the law in a fair and without courtesy to ensure the return of billions of countries smuggled abroad."

It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi took measures in recent days that analysts described as excellent when he visited a number of border outlets to tighten control over them. The director of the Public Pension Fund, Ahmed Al-Saadi, and the head of the Baghdad Investment Commission, Shaker Al-Zamili, were arrested on charges of corruption, and reports indicate the arrest of branch managers The Agricultural Bank in Abu Ghraib, Fallujah, Ramadi and Salah al-Din, while things are still vague about a number of other corrupt people who may be arrested soon, according to leaks and statements from here and there.

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Report: The Al-Kazemi Committee overthrew a figure linked to Al-Maliki ... and another linked to Hezbollah!
 

Baghdad - People   

On Saturday, a press report addressed a number of questions after the arrest campaign affected high-ranking figures close to influential political blocs and leaders, and focused on other parties' fear of the next steps.  

The report of the London-based Arab newspaper, followed by "People," (September 19, 2020), said that the former president of the General Retirement Authority made confessions that led to the discovery of a wide network of money laundering that serves officials, politicians and parties, and depends on collaborators in Beirut.  

  

The text of the report follows:  

The arrests carried out by the Iraqi authorities against officials accused of corruption cases revealed the amount of fear that the political class in the country is experiencing from any measures related to integrity, in exchange for the street's eagerness to hit the top corrupt, at a time when the arrests seemed to accelerate, reaching mediators and agents of major personalities, A message about Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi's approach to confronting corruption by big whales.  

And since 2003, corrupt officials and politicians in Iraq have squandered about a thousand billion dollars of public money, without developing any service sector in the country.  

Iraq suffers every year in the summer season because of the theft of funds allocated for electricity, while it is still dependent on hospitals and health facilities built during the era of the late President Saddam Hussein, as billions of dollars directed to this sector were wasted after 2003, while the education sector suffers under pressure from the age of facilities and the entry of parties On the line of investment in it through private schools and universities, while Baghdad suffocates on a daily basis due to the traffic momentum, because it still relies on roads and bridges that were built during the era of the Baath Party, which is banned from working according to the permanent constitution of Iraq.  

During the first years following the fall of the former regime, mercy for the "days of Saddam" represented a crime that brought shame and accusations to its owner in Shiite circles, but it has become a common occurrence now, and appears even on the screens of satellite stations.  

In recent years, the Iraqis have reached the conviction that eliminating political, financial and administrative corruption in Iraq is impossible, after they became certain that the continued existence of political parties depends completely on what their representatives steal from the state. Some activists even suggested legalizing corruption, such as the annual budget specifying a share. Each party has public money, so that the state can get what it can use to serve the population.  

The fight against corruption topped the demands of the largest mass movement that Iraq witnessed in October of 2019, when the government of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, in partnership with Iraqi militias affiliated with Iran, was involved in killing about 700 protesters and wounding about 20,000 others, in order to protect the corrupt religious party system. in the country.  

The extent of the opposition expressed by the Abdul Mahdi government and the militias affiliated with Iran against the idea of overthrowing the existing regime, replacing it, or even correcting its course, highlighted the amount of financial gains that political Islam parties have that receive orders and directives from Tehran.  

When Mustafa Al-Kazemi formed his government, after the protesters forced his predecessor, Abdul Mahdi, to resign, the street placed high hopes on the former intelligence chief in eradicating the corrupt, due to his good reputation in popular circles.  

But Al-Kazemi's awaited campaign against corruption whales was long overdue, yet when its first signs appeared during the past three days, it garnered widespread popular sympathy.  

Al-Kazemi had formed a special committee to follow up major corruption cases, which was surrounded by much controversy, headed by the prominent General Ahmed Aburjief, and it was said that he had unlimited powers.  

The campaign began with the arrest of a middle-level official, Ahmed Al-Saadi, the director of the retirement department, which raised questions about the goals that Al-Kazemi could reach and his seriousness about pursuing adults.  

But the excitement was doubled when Bahaa Abdul Hussain, director of the "Key Card" company concerned with facilitating the payment of salaries of retirees, was arrested while he was about to flee from Baghdad airport two days after Al-Saadi was arrested.  

Informed sources said that Al-Saadi made confessions that led to the discovery of a wide network of money laundering, serving officials, politicians and parties, and relying on collaborators in Beirut.  

The arrest of Abdul Hussein caused a sensation, due to his strong ties to former officials and current leaders.  

The sources indicate that the arrest of Abdel-Hussein may lead to the arrest of other personalities and the recovery of funds from home and abroad.  

The new campaign of arrests also included the director of the Agricultural Bank, Adel Khudair, and 12 employees under his command.  

The official authorities did not reveal the reason for Khudair's arrest, but informed sources said that investigations linked it to the disappearance of huge sums of money in what is known as the "agricultural initiative", which dates back to the era of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.  

Al-Maliki took advantage of the coincidence of the rise in oil prices and the increase in Iraq's production of oil during his reign to obtain explosive budgets, but his government was not associated with any achievements despite this, leaving behind the largest files of corruption and waste of public money.  

Al-Maliki's name appeared in another case that Al-Kazemi is following, related to a giant water project in Baghdad, on which millions of dollars have been spent, without being completed.  

Judicial sources said that travel bans were issued against Dhikra Alloush, the former Secretary of Baghdad, and Director of Contracts at the Ministry of Planning Azhar al-Rubaie, due to their suspicion of collusion in dropping a fine of about $ 100 million on the company implementing the water project, as well as the arrest of the director of the Capital Water Department.  

The executing company’s manager, a contractor named Essam al-Asadi, has a close relationship with al-Maliki, and information indicates that he is still managing his broad commercial interests, under various interfaces.  

But the biggest blow in this campaign was that of Shaker al-Zamili, who is head of the Baghdad Investment Commission, whose information indicates that he is closely related to the broad commercial interests that concern the Lebanese Hezbollah in Iraq.  

Sources say that Al-Zamili took advantage of his position to grant companies affiliated with Hezbollah millions of dollars of contracts, without executing any of them, noting that the relationship of the head of the Baghdad Investment Commission with the Lebanese party led by Hassan Nasrallah protected him from legal prosecutions over the past years.  

And because it strikes in part the network of interests serving Iran's allies, Al-Kazemi's campaign against the corrupt angered the Shiite militias, and led them to brandish the threat.  

Naim al-Aboudi, a member of parliament for the Asaib Ahl al-Haq movement led by Qais Khazali, fears “there are revenge motives behind this campaign,” wondering why “a new committee was formed to combat corruption, despite the existence of an integrity commission.”  

Al-Aboudi says that "there are concerns about the possibility of political motives behind this campaign," noting that "Al-Kazemi overlooked the constitutional contexts by forming this special committee to combat corruption."  

"The committee may be involved in corruption of some kind," he said, noting that the Fatah bloc to which he belongs, and is the only political representative of the Iraqi militias affiliated with Iran in Parliament, "will face any selective and retaliatory measures that explode the situation in the country."  

He went on to say that "fighting corruption needs political agreements," meaning that Al-Kazemi must seek permission from the parties before arresting their corrupt, because "Al-Kazemi's current steps are not legal, and there may be reactions against them."  

  

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Corruption heads

 
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Fighting corruption has become a science with studies, strategies, arts, mechanisms and rules through which public money can be preserved and deal with administrative abuses, favoritism, and attribution in public administrative performance. Integrated parties, but this does not prevent the existence of important global experiences in dealing with corruption and its effects, including anti-corruption operations in South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Georgia and others, and each experience has its own strategies and tools, so it is not possible to put a fixed and one magic formula in anti-corruption operations for all countries that suffer from outbreaks. The phenomenon of corruption, for each experiment has its own objective conditions related to the nature of laws, customs, traditions, and their own social upbringing. Mechanisms and treatments that succeed in one country can fail in another due to the difference in the objective conditions of each country, so the process of combating corruption has become a science that is studied in advanced stages of studies.Supreme.

Perhaps Georgia’s experience in combating corruption is one of the important experiences, as it relied on ten principles in different sectors through which it was able to transfer Georgia from a country where corruption strikes all its joints in 2003 to a country that advanced in international transparency and anti-corruption standards in 2011, and eight years were sufficient and sufficient to reduce From corruption processes and a big jump in development indicators in Georgia. 
This experience relied in one of its principles on arresting what it called (bloodsuckers), meaning the big heads of corruption, from great merchants, politicians, deputies, ministers, and influential figures in Georgia. Arrests began after the judiciary issued arrest warrants against those involved in corruption. The arrests were accompanied by the media that were It documents what is happening and publishes the names and pictures of detainees accused of corruption in the media to block the way to internal and external pressures and political interference to prevent the trial of an accused of corruption here and there - yes, the process involves human rights abuse - considering that the accused is innocent until proven guilty - but experience explained that it will restore consideration to whom Prove his innocence in the media. 
The result was a fair and strict judiciary that does not compliment politically, merchant, notable or influential people, and even a "government" that may try to liquidate its opponents under the pretext of fighting corruption, as well as a strong government with a real will that does not fear any corrupt, big or small, and dealt in accordance with the law and the public interest to a large extent. 
This was accompanied by a societal welcome, satisfaction and acceptance of this performance and the role in combating corruption, which included, in parallel and horizontally, a group of sectors and files that were tampered with by corruption.
What we need today is to develop strategies for a complete and integrated Iraqi experience in combating corruption and not linking the success of its implementation to individuals, but rather related to the institutional strategy for which it was established as an institution and a crisis treatment system far away from those who implement it, and even the institutional system governs the experience even the individuals who manage it, accompanied by systematic media marketing Accurate and thoughtful, because the marketing error here is negatively attributable to the success of the implementation, which reduces the community’s confidence in the good performance of the experiment and then loses its acceptance, sympathy and social support for it, especially with the presence of pioneering studies in this field and academic figures who can look and formulate that experience and the tools for its implementation.
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Iraqi government steps up fight against corruption

The arrest of six senior officials on corruption charges shows that serious steps are taken in the fight against corruption, amid calls that the government speeds up its reform program.

 
 
al-monitor An anti-government demonstrator walks past posters of Iraqi polititians and a US flag in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2020. Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images.
 
 

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Soon after Iraq's top Shiite cleric denounced the corruption rampant in the country, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi moved forward in replacing several top officials and ordering an arrest warrant against a number of high-ranking officials.

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, special representative of the UN secretary-general for Iraq, said Sept. 13 following a meeting with top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf that Sistani wants major corruption files to be opened and those involved held accountable.

Some political forces were quick to welcome her announcement, although there are figures accused of corruption among their ranks. What's more, the protesters who took to the streets in October 2019 have accused these forces of pocketing public money.

Speaking to Al-Monitor, a close associate of Kadhimi confirmed that serious steps are taken to hold accountable those involved in corruption cases. The source said, “The investigation committee that Kadhimi set up Aug. 27 led to security forces arresting Sept. 15 seven senior corrupt persons — who will be named later — including the former director of the pension authority.”

A day after the special representative’s remarks, Kadhimi imposed changes to a number of government positions. The changes include appointing former Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi as head of the operations section in the Iraqi Intelligence Service that Kadhimi himself is still heading.

 

Yet political forces, including the Sairoon-Fatah alliance, lashed out at this measure, viewing that such a measure “could reach the point of overthrowing the Kadhimi government.”

The Sunni forces have also lashed out at the new appointments, while the State of Law Coalition perceived that “the administrative appointments have expanded the quotas.”

Commenting on such reactions, the source noted, “The political parties are mired in the sharing of quotas that they openly do and refuse that their privileges be touched. They cannot deceive the Iraqi people by saying that they refuse [such practices]. The appointments involve professional figures and do not consist of radical changes. The names were selected from within the institutions themselves, given that the legal work deadlines have passed, while taking into account their integrity, experience and the national balance.”

The political forces are obviously wary and fear the street and are trying to enhance their image in any way possible. That has prompted Fatah Alliance leader Hadi al-Amiri to release a statement Sept. 14 indicating that he did not know about the appointment of Sami al-Masoudi as head of the Hajj and Umrah Authority. That would mean that Kadhimi did not consult with the political parties about the appointments and did not opt for quota-sharing.

Alia Nassif, a member of parliament for the State of Law Coalition, told Al-Monitor, “Combating corruption is among the most significant challenges facing the Kadhimi government. The government is yet to get to the level of the serious challenge that the state faces in fighting corruption and illicit arms.”

She said that she believes that “so far, the changes in the positions that Kadhimi made continue to be part of the blocs’ desires for quotas, which is worrisome for the Iraqis who pin great hopes on Kadhimi as a person in founding a new path in the state administration away from quota-sharing of positions.”

Nassif added, “The citizens’ despair stems from the fact that they did not see any corrupt individuals appear before the judiciary under the previous governments, and they are hopeful that this will happen under the Kadhimi government.”

On June 20, Kadhimi pledged to move forward with financial and economic reforms, while some political forces fear that combating corruption affects them. The first steps were made June 29, by tasking the Counter-Terrorism Service with managing the border crossings and appointing new heads for the civil aviation authority and Shiite endowments.

Iraq's former Communications Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi — who was nominated to form a government before Kadhimi, but failed to win the parliament’s vote of confidence — told Al-Monitor, “An important factor in combating corruption is to hold early and fair elections, which Sistani reiterated three times in his meeting with Hennis-Plasschaert. Thus, Kadhimi is at a crossroad — either fair elections or failure. This is because fair elections would end the ongoing corruption.” 

Allawi warned against “seeing the public unconvinced with the elections’ results, because this would deepen the country's problems and pose a threat to the unity and the future of the people.” 

Yet member of parliament Falah al-Khafaji told Al-Monitor, “Ending corruption and enforcing the law ought to take place before early elections are held … otherwise there are no fair elections.”

Shorooq al-Obeiji, secretary-general of the National Civil Movement, told Al-Monitor, “Outlawed forces outside of the state are in control of the state’s key positions. Iraqis do not feel that they are citizens of a state serving them through its institutions.” She denounced that “the political class-linked forces have exploited the country’s wealth to their advantage.”

Obeiji added, “All of this defect did not speed up steps to achieve reforms, which should have been very clear by now. Also, a clear methodology to achieve reforms is still absent even though corruption prevails.” She called for “a strategy based on legal mechanisms and a mass mobilization so as to implement such a strategy, before [the people] start to feel that the government is weak in the face of the corrupt forces. The prime minister needs to be aware of that and refrain from holding the stick in the middle.”

The editor-in-chief of Al-Sabah newspaper, Abbas Abboud, told Al-Monitor, “Kadhimi has more than one quality required for success, given that he is an honest person whom the majority of parties at home and abroad accept. Yet he needs to back up words with actions and to be open to the people. The reforms will not roll out before the elections, because it is neither the right time nor the right circumstances.”

In a speech to the UN General Assembly in September 2019, President Barham Salih stressed the challenge of corruption, which he labeled the “political economy of conflict."

The dominant forces are expected to desperately prevent any measures from being taken against corruption symbols within their ranks. Yet that will necessarily reactivate the protest movement, particularly since Sistani announced a supportive position.

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The President of the Federal Integrity Commission, Alaa Jawad Hamid, today received the Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Combating Corruption and Important Crimes Ahmed Abu Ragheef. To discuss ways of mutual cooperation between them.

The president of the commission, according to an official statement, indicated, during the meeting, “the commission’s readiness to fully cooperate with the committee in order to achieve the desired goal in the pursuit of combating corruption and the recovery and preservation of public funds, indicating that the work of the commission and the committee is complementary and does not intersect, since the latter includes in its membership representatives For oversight agencies, law enforcement agencies, and representatives of other state institutions, working under the supervision of the judiciary.

He pointed out that "the outputs of the committee's work are presented to a competent judge, and that its procedures will be under the umbrella of the judiciary and in cooperation with the supervisory agencies, stressing that the goals of the commission and the committee are unified to achieve citizen satisfaction, and work within the requirements of the current stage."

For his part, the Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Combating Corruption and Significant Crimes stated “the importance of strengthening cooperation ties between the committee and the supervisory authorities, especially the Federal Integrity Commission. The law and that its duties go beyond anti-corruption cases to other major issues, explaining that the committee’s work is complementary and under the supervision of the competent judiciary.

Abu Ragheef pointed out that "the committee provides all the guarantees granted by law to people who are subject to its investigation procedures."

 
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Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi confirmed that the attacks on demonstrators are felonies punishable by imprisonment or death.

In a clarification received by Al-Akhbariya, Al-Tamimi said, "The killing of protesters and the legal responsibility of security leaders ... I see."

1 - The presence of weapons for hunting and silence, were they distributed with the knowledge of the officers and are they present in all governorates, just as the presence of these weapons is not new. They were only used in the demonstrations a year ago, so the investigation needs to be retroactive ... to know their source .. especially. These crimes are not They are extinguished by the prescription or the lapse of time, and they can be moved at any next time.

2 - The legal description of these crimes in accordance with Articles 406 of premeditated murder and 410 beatings that lead to the death of 412 minors with disabilities and 413 injury and abuse, all of which are felonies punishable by imprisonment or death.

3 - The United Nations previously warned of these crimes because they violate the Charter of the International Covenant, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Iraqi Constitution in Article 38 thereof, and therefore the Iraqi government is obligated according to international law to reveal the perpetrators ... who are ... murderers ... and instigators ... and accomplices ... and even the party the third.

4 - Clues to uncover the crime, in my opinion, they are the witnesses of the accident ... from the rest of the demonstrators ... to reveal the facts of the crime ... as well as personal claimants and surveillance cameras ... and their statements can be submitted to the investigation court.

5- The responsibility of the security leaders exists according to Article 24 of the Military Penal Code 19 of 2007 in terms of knowledge of the crime or weapons or giving orders or not ... all of which is revealed by the investigation in the investigation court.

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The head of the Irada bloc in the House of Representatives, Hussein Arab, revealed, on Sunday (September 20, 2020), that arrest warrants had been issued against two ministers, heads of independent bodies and a chief of a bureau for their involvement in corruption cases.

Arab said in a press statement, “The Commission for Investigating Corruption Cases, which was formed by a diwani order by the Prime Minister’s Office, issued arrest warrants against a number of those involved and accused in corruption operations,” indicating that “the Counter-Terrorism Service is the only body authorized to arrest the accused and the corrupt. And pursue them ”.

He added that "this committee has a large number of corruption files relating to the ministries of health, industry, defense and trade," noting that "there are six new personalities who will be investigated with corruption or suspicions of corruption."

The head of the Irada bloc in the House of Representatives explained that "among the names that will be arrested are two former ministers, heads of independent bodies and a head of a bureau," noting that "the government committee has a number of files that open a file after file and as a result, arrest warrants are issued against the accused and the corrupt." .

Yesterday, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, decided to prevent the travel of Lieutenant General Jamil Al-Shammari, who is accused of issuing orders to kill protesters.

"The Commander-in-Chief directed the issuance of a travel ban against Lieutenant General Jamil Al-Shammari for his involvement in cases of killing protesters in Nasiriyah, against the background of granting him a fake leave for treatment outside Iraq," said Ahmed Mulla Talal, a spokesman for Al-Kazemi, in a tweet on Twitter.

Since Tuesday (September 15, 2020), the news of the arrests has been circulating, starting with the former head of the retirement authority, Ahmed Al-Saadi, whose arrest was later confirmed, and did not end with the names of former officials and military commanders, today Baghdad has reservations about mentioning them, until the arrest is confirmed.
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The strategic expert, Ihssan Al-Shammari, confirmed today, Sunday, citing a prime minister of Iraq, that fighting corruption requires an internal war.

 

Al-Shammari said in a tweet on his personal Twitter page that was followed by Al-Akhbariya, “I asked a question to one of the prime ministers of Iraq:

 Why not start the war on corruption?

 He said :

 This requires an internal war.

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The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, considered, on Monday, that former Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Lieutenant General Jamil Al-Shammari are responsible for the murder of the protesters in Nasiriyah, indicating that the crimes are not subject to the statute of limitations, even after the passage of years.
Al-Shammari said in a statement to Al-
Akhbariya that "there are 11 legal points against former Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Jamil Al-Shammari, which are as follows: 1. According to Iraqi law, Article 24 of the Military Penal Code, the matter is responsible for the crime and is considered an accomplice, even if he does not give the orders to kill, and the same is the case." In Article 52 of the Internal Security Forces Law, and even in the Iraqi Penal Code, articles 48 and 49 are held accountable for incitement, instruction and assistance, and commanders are held accountable for premeditated murder, disability, and bodily harm.
2- Articles 6, 7 and 28 of the International Criminal Court Law punish leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity even if they do not give orders because their duty requires them to know, as happened in the case of the Yugoslav President Milasevsch, who was ruled by this court for 60 years, as well as what the criminal court ruled in Cairo against Hosni Mubarak for the same thing and killing demonstrators ... 3 - These
crimes do not lapse by prescription or the lapse of time, as happened in the trial of the Chilean president after he retired in a wheelchair. 4 - The
presence of weapons for hunting. Have they been distributed with the knowledge of the officers and are they present in all governorates, and the existence of these weapons is not new. They were only used in the demonstrations a year ago, so the investigation needs to be retroactive ... to know their source ... in particular. These crimes are not subject to the statute of limitations or the lapse of time, and they can be moved at any time. Time is coming ....

5- The legal description of these crimes according to Articles 406, premeditated murder and 410 beatings that lead to the death of 412 minors with impairments and 413

injuries and harm, all of which are felonies punishable by imprisonment or the death penalty ... And the Iraqi constitution is in Article 38 of it..and therefore the Iraqi government is obligated according to international law to uncover the perpetrators ...

who are ... murderers ... instigators ... and accomplices ... and even the third party ... 7. Clues to uncover the crime, in my opinion, they are the witnesses of the accident. From the rest of the demonstrators ... to uncover the facts of the crime ... as well as personal claimants and surveillance cameras ... and their statements can be submitted to the investigation court ...

... the responsibility of the security leaders is in accordance with Article 24 of the Military Penal Code 19 of 2007 of Where knowledge of the crime or weapons or giving orders or not ... all of them are revealed by the investigation in the investigation court

9- Although Iraq is not regulated by the 1998 Rome Convention of the International Criminal Court, but ... a group of Iraqi lawyers submitted a complaint to this court, which accepted the complaint because the complaint was filed against Abdul Mahdi and those with him because they are citizens of foreign nationalities, so the countries of their nationalities were organized for this convention ..
10.hzh crimes no statute of limitations or time lapse in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Court and is considering the crimes of murder, genocide and crimes against humanity and racial discrimination ...
11.omsaolah presidents based on the killing of demonstrators , even if did not give orders , as happened to the President Yugoslavia, President and Egypt of Hosni Mubarak.
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Parliamentary parties are ruling out for Al-Kazemi to open corruption files related to Kurdistan
Ultra Iraq - Editorial Team

With the issuance of the first package of measures by the Supreme Committee set up by the Prime Minister to open the files of corruption, and despite its being limited to figures who held middle positions and did not live up to those whom Iraqis define as "corruption whales", calls are mounting to expand its duties to include major issues.

The past weeks have witnessed the arrest of a number of former and current officials on charges of financial and administrative corruption, as well as the issuance of travel bans against a number of officials, and with expectations that other arrest warrants will be issued in the coming days.

The great financial distress that the Kurdistan region suffers from and the rampant corruption in the joints of some institutions, in response to the demand of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to include the region in the anti-corruption measures in the country, including MP Sarkut Shamsuddin.

Shams al-Din said, on September 16, that “the border crossings, the file of oil smuggling, the transfer of land and other matters are dangerous, and the Integrity Commission in the region is affiliated with the ruling authority parties, and it cannot open corruption files, and the Federal Integrity Commission and the Prime Minister if it has seriousness Opening the file of corruption and following up the balances of a number of officials in foreign banks, headed by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and other personalities.

While the deputy of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hanin Qaddo, confirms the difficulty of opening "files of corruption and arresting the corrupt in the Kurdistan region," noting that "Kurdish leaders refuse to enter federal committees into Kurdistan."

"The Kurds refuse to enter the Anti-Corruption Committee, the Integrity Commission, or the Board of Financial Supervision, to the region for fear of exposing the large corruption files," Qadu told Ultra Iraq, stressing that "Kurdish officials told Al-Kazimi that the oversight committees in Kurdistan are the ones that handle the matter." Checking the files and if there are suspicions of corruption, we will inform Baghdad. "

For his part, independent MP Basim Khashan confirms in an interview with Ultra Iraq, that “Al-Kazemi seeks to stay away from confronting corruption files in the Kurdistan region,” pointing out that “Kurdish parties are trying to preserve their interests and not prejudice them, and the government is also trying not to prejudice these. Interests in order not to lose Kurdish support. "

Khashan describes the prime minister as "weak" in front of the Kurds and "unable" to impose his authority on the border crossings, saying that this usually means "the lack of equality after imposing control over the outlets of provinces only."

 
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Since when was Kurdistan not part of Iraq? Al-Kazemi should make a point to these thieves that if you want money from Iraq you fall under the same guidelines as everyone else. The corruption in Kurdistan is probably 10 times worse than the rest of Iraq. He would probably have to open files on all the Barzani family is the reason their telling Al-Kazemi to chill out you can't open any files up here an we will take care of this ourselves....yeah right 

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56 minutes ago, DoD said:

Since when was Kurdistan not part of Iraq? Al-Kazemi should make a point to these thieves that if you want money from Iraq you fall under the same guidelines as everyone else. The corruption in Kurdistan is probably 10 times worse than the rest of Iraq. He would probably have to open files on all the Barzani family is the reason their telling Al-Kazemi to chill out you can't open any files up here an we will take care of this ourselves....yeah right 

Exactly! Even my Kurdish friend used to tell me how corrupt the Barzani family was.. this was back in 2015 and one of the reasons he felt it would never RV because the corruption was everywhere throughout Iraq!

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