Integrity: Issuance of arrest and summons orders issued against former senior officials, including a minister

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Integrity: Six years in prison for three senior officials in the Ministry of Reconstruction

• Time: 08/24/2022 10:35:51
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{Local: Al Furat News} The Federal Integrity Commission revealed the issuance of a ruling to imprison former officials in the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Municipalities; Against the background of violations related to extending the period of completion of a project in Najaf Governorate.

The Integrity Investigation Department, while talking about the details of the case that it investigated and referred it to the judiciary, reported that the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court had issued a six-year prison sentence in absentia to the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, the Ministry's Inspector General and the Director General of the Planning and Follow-up Department.

It indicated that the ruling issued in accordance with the provisions of Article (340) of the Penal Code came against the background of granting additional periods to the company executing the project to modernize the basic design of the city of Najaf in violation of the law.

She added that the court, after reviewing the evidence and evidence obtained in the case, reached full conviction of the culpability of the convicts, and decided to sentence them in absentia to six years in prison, in accordance with the provisions of the judgment.