Deputy for Saeron: The Anti-Corruption Committee will soon bring down big heads

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Iraqi officials refuse to disclose their accounts ... and a warning against stopping their salaries

 

Baghdad

Aktham Saifuddin

October 24, 2020

 

MPs and ministers refuse to disclose their money (Getty)

The Iraqi Commission of Integrity , the highest "independent" oversight authority, announced that legal measures have been taken to stop the salaries of dozens of ministers and deputies who refrain from disclosing their financial assets, indicating other measures in the event of rejection.

While officials confirmed that the abstainers are afraid to reveal the amount of huge funds they had during the years of their public office, which would cause them to be convicted of corruption in the event of real disclosure.

 

According to one of the sources of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the file of corruption is one of the most complex thorny files in Iraq, as the bodies that manage corruption have great power and influence, especially as they are linked to large parties and unruly militias.

Many representatives and officials refuse to cooperate with the supervisory authorities, including the Integrity Commission, despite the fact that the Commission’s law binds presidents, ministers, parliament, ministers, deputies and officials, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, judges and members of the public prosecution, the head and members of the Federal Supreme Court, in cooperation with the Commission and disclosing their liabilities. Financial. And the

 

 

Throughout the previous years, many officials declined to disclose their liabilities and circumvented the authority. According to the director of the prevention department in the authority, Moataz Al-Abbasi, "The three presidencies and all the ministers submitted their financial receivables, with the exception of the ministers of finance and communications," indicating in a statement to the official Al-Sabah newspaper, And we have formally requested to stop paying their salaries, unless their debts are revealed. " He stressed, "In the event that the abstention continues, the Integrity Commission will take more severe measures, foremost among which is the opening of criminal cases against them."

The Integrity Commission, through financial disclosure of state officials, works to monitor illicit gain, in order to protect public funds from plunder and corruption. An official in the commission said that more than 25 deputies evaded the financial disclosure and did not answer the commission’s inquiries, indicating to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that “most of these representatives are from influential blocs, and they are among the representatives who won membership in Parliament for more than one parliamentary session.”

He pointed out that "they are exerting pressure and attempts to procrastinate the issue of disclosure of their receivables," indicating that "there is information confirming that these people have large sums of money and large companies, and that their parties and the blocs they belong to support the procrastination of their files and pressure the commission to prevent the disclosure of their liabilities."

He stressed, "The Commission has issued lists of their names, and that it will reveal them in the event that they do not respond to the disclosure request."

A member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Gal Cougar, downplayed the importance of the measures that the Integrity Commission is talking about and the possibility of their implementation, and told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that “the lack of disclosure of the receivables raises question marks regarding the reasons for abstinence, especially since political money has become a fundamental issue. He is ranked among the most dangerous countries in the world with money laundering, and the largest part of those involved participate in the political process, and they have the largest share of corruption. There is no law that allows any official to refrain from disclosing his financial assets.  

[horsesoldier]

" Iraqi officials refuse to disclose their accounts ... and a warning against stopping their salaries "

WTF . . . If this statement doesn't scream attitude and arrogance what does ?? This ought to send up big red flags & sirens to everyone !

[Longtimelurker]

Kind of seems like the arrests of high profile politicians around the world will take place around the same time. 

[yota691]

A deliberate disclosure of the Iraqi state’s secrets: the leak of official letters as a model

 

Baghdad

Baraa Al-Shammari

October 28, 2020

 

The matter is not limited to leakage of official correspondences in the security institutions (Mortada Al-Sudani / Anadolu Agency)

 

Despite the many problems they caused in the past and the pledges of Iraqi governments to stop them, the phenomenon of leakage of official correspondence continues. The leaks included correspondences that are supposed to be confidential, such as declaring a state of alert among the ranks of the security forces, holding senior officers accountable and transferring senior officers, preventing officials from traveling, pursuing important figures accused of corruption , or announcing the government formation before it reaches Parliament to vote on it. And other correspondence, which legal professionals assert that its leak is a legal violation and a criminal offense, regardless of the importance of their content, whether they contain secrets or not. While politicians believe that some of the leaks are intended, in order to give the target or concerned parties a green light for precaution, others wonder about how important documents were leaked, which reached the circulation of important official books classified as limited access.

12 officials and employees have been fired in the last two weeks due to the leaks

In the context, a prominent government official revealed to Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that at least 12 officials and employees in various government departments had been excluded about two weeks ago, due to the leakage of documents, their publication on communication sites or the media, or their leakage to well-known parties. These authorities have taken advantage of them to arrange their conditions or take proactive steps to protect themselves, as in the file of arrest warrants issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the recent Basra security operation. The official pointed out to directives that stress the need to hold accountable those responsible for leaking important official books, whether bodies or individuals, accusing the deep state and partisan quotas within the important and higher state departments and institutions of being behind those leaks that will not stop until they are eliminated. He explained that the laws hold accountable persons who are complicit within the institutions for leaking official documents, as well as those that circulate them to achieve political ends, and those who were excluded are referred to the judiciary. Unfortunately, the attempt to combat the phenomenon may require changing the joints of the state and building it properly. In turn, parliamentarians revealed that the leakage of official documents has reached the stage of divulging secrets.

 

 

In this context, a member of the Parliament's Security and Defense Committee, Katie al-Rikabi, indicated that the defense ministers Jumah Anad and the Interior Minister Othman al-Ghanimi were directed to prosecute and hold accountable those who try to divulge secrets and publish information and documents that are classified as confidential. He explained in a press briefing that the Defense and Security Committee discussed with them the issue of the spread of such documents on social media. He pointed out that there is a question on the minds of many, which is: "How and why are confidential documents leaked in this way, and in these days in particular?", Noting that "the matter has reached the point of circulating secret books classified as having limited access, and even from some sensitive security institutions." ".

Another member of parliament for the Integrity Committee told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that the matter is not limited to leaking official correspondences in the security institutions alone, explaining that this phenomenon affects the work of integrity and the prosecution of the corrupt in Iraq. He pointed out that official books have been circulated indicating that officials and accused corrupt politicians will soon be held accountable, and the travel ban will give them an opportunity to hide or flee outside the country. He wondered whether the matter was a deliberate government policy to scare the corrupt without holding them accountable, or is there really someone who has the ability to infiltrate important state institutions and access their correspondence, some of which enjoy a high degree of secrecy?

The leaks affect the anti-corruption file in Iraq

In turn, a former member of Parliament, Mazhar al-Janabi, rejected the phenomenon of leaking of official books, some of which include procedures for holding the corrupt accountable, assuring to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the threat and the threat is not true. He considered that "making the courageous decision is the right one," and that "the phenomenon of leaking official correspondence is incorrect and unproductive, and represents a green light for those wanted to escape."

For his part, the legal expert, Tariq Harb, considered that the leakage of official books is not permissible regardless of the information they contain, stressing in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that there are laws that prevent this. He pointed out that the Iraqi Penal Code prohibits the leakage of official books unless there is written approval from the authority from which the book was issued. He stressed that the leak is an administrative offense, and the act is a "criminal offense, regardless of the content. Is it a secret? Is it extremely secret? Is it otherwise?"
In 2016, the Iraqi parliament voted on the "preservation of documents" law, with the aim of preserving documents belonging to the state's executive, legislative and judicial institutions. The law classified documents into 3 fields: "public documents that can be viewed by everyone, private documents that can only be viewed with the approval of the concerned authorities, and confidential documents that cannot be viewed because of their prejudice to state security."

Last year, the Supreme Judicial Council decided to hold accountable the employee who publishes official books on social media, stressing that the accounting will include employees who publish what they see by virtue of their job. The Judicial Council pointed out that this is inappropriate behavior for which the law is held accountable, in accordance with provisions contained in the Iraqi Penal Code.

It is noteworthy that the leakage of official documents in Iraqi institutions is not a new matter, as the Iraqi government decided in 2013 to prevent any official document from being leaked to unofficial bodies or their publication through the media, especially the visible ones. And it considered that this harms the reputation of the state and the government, and the Prime Minister at the time, Nouri al-Maliki, believed that the responsibility for these documents and preventing their leakage rests with the administrative official who is subject to punishment.

[yota691]

Iraqi Integrity: An official of state real estate was caught red-handed in Dhi Qar

Iraqi currency

 02 November 2020 10:48 AM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Integrity Commission announced today, Monday, the details of seizing an official in state real estate in Dhi Qar Governorate, while committing a bribe.

The authority clarified, in a statement that the investigation department of the authority, a report that the staff of the authority's investigation office in the governorate managed to control the assistant director of state real estate - Dhi Qar branch, while he received a bribe amount in exchange for not raising the violation on a plot of land located in the Levantine region.

The department indicated that the seizure process was carried out under the supervision of law enforcement agencies in the governorate, and resulted in the arrest of the accused after receiving the first payment of the bribe.

The seizure report, supported by seized criminal evidence, which was organized by the team, is submitted to the judge of the competent investigation court to take the necessary legal measures against him.

The authority had announced that it was able to carry out an act of arresting an official in the National Retirement Authority - Fallujah branch, red-handed, in exchange for the completion of the retirement identity of the families of a victim of terrorism.

The authority renewed its call on all citizens to cooperate with it by reporting cases of corruption, bargaining and extortion that they may be exposed to during their visit to state institutions.

[yota691]

He was caught by the radar of Lieutenant General Abu Ragheef.

The arrest of the advisor to the prime minister, Raad al-Haris

2020.11.03 - 11:08

 

Baghdad - People   

On Tuesday, a security force arrested the advisor to the prime minister and the former senior agent of the Ministry of Electricity, Raad Al-Haris.   

This follows the issuance of an arrest warrant from the judiciary.   

A document issued by the Supreme Judicial Council, of which "Nass" obtained a copy, (November 3, 2020), stated that "the arrest warrant against Raad Mohsen Ghazi Shabib Al-Haris was based on a complaint against him in the permanent investigation committee formed by the Diwani order 29".  

An informed source told "Nas" that "the arrest warrant issued against the guard was executed, and he was arrested."  

Resolution 160, issued on 5/2/1983, states the following:   

 - 1 - Every employee or person charged with a public service who requests or accepts for himself or another a gift, benefit, advantage, or promise something of that shall be punished by imprisonment for a period no less than five years and not exceeding ten years and a fine of not less than five hundred dinars and not exceeding five thousand dinars. To perform a job from his job, to refrain from it, or to breach the duties of the job  

2 - Whoever offers a bribe to an employee or person charged with a public service and it is not accepted by him shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of no less than a year.  

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Anti-Corruption Committee arrests Al-Kazemi advisor

Editing date: 11/3/2020 13:08 • 57 times read

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[Baghdad-Where] An
informed source said, Tuesday, that the Anti-Corruption Committee has arrested an advisor to the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The source said in an interview. "The Corruption Commission has arrested the current advisor to the prime minister and former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity, Raad Al-Haris, who issued an arrest warrant against him from the judiciary in accordance with Resolution 160 of 1983."
She added, "The guard was appointed by Al-Kazemi, to undertake the preparation of plans to raise the level of energy and develop it in Iraq

[YukonJohn]

The new Corruptions commission is serious! Thinking they're going to need a lot more prison cells...soon!

[Half Crazy Runner]

Just waiting for the day they arrest the big potato head  🥔... 🙏🏻

[Longtimelurker]

7 hours ago, Half Crazy Runner said:

Just waiting for the day they arrest the big potato head  🥔... 🙏🏻

I bet its around the same time as our big heads being held accountable publicly and right before our Reinstatement👍

[yota691]

An invitation to investigate the file of Iraqi property abroad

Wednesday 04th November 2020 58

 

Baghdad: Morning

 

Yesterday, Tuesday, a member of the Parliamentary Services Committee, Manar Abdul Muttalib, called for the formation of a special committee to investigate the file of Iraqi properties abroad.

Abdul-Muttalib said, in a press statement: "The file of Iraq's properties abroad is raised from time to time, and there is talk about large wealth, farms and participation rates in industrial projects outside the country," indicating that "the survival of this file without investigation raises many question marks."

She added, "These properties represent enormous wealth in Iraq. If they are inferred, they can be used in the context of supporting the national economy or at least facing part of the current financial crisis."

It indicated that "this issue needs to be investigated through a governmental-representative committee to see the facts and indicate the size of those funds and wealth abroad to show the results to the public opinion."

A member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Alia Nassif, stated that Iraq possesses a large number of properties and areas designated for tea and rice plantations in the countries of Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka, indicating that there is a "veto" on these real estate to prevent investigation.

Nassif indicated, "Iraq has real estate and tea, rice and rubber plantations in Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka," indicating that "the area of these farms is estimated at 36 hectares and are located in three cities."

[screwball]

Let the big heads roll