Final accounts under the dome of Parliament… Will the postponed corruption files be opened?
Final accounts under the dome of Parliament… Will the postponed corruption files be opened?
7-27-2026
The discussion of the final accounts in the House of Representatives opens wide the doors to confronting accumulated financial imbalances, amidst pressing public and legal questions about the ability of these analytical reports to unearth past corruption cases that have remained hidden for years.
Economic experts believe that approving the actual budgets represents the strongest accountability tool for evaluating expenditures and revealing the gaps between allocated and actual spending. Others fear that these sessions will become merely a traditional, protocol-driven procedure ending with political settlements that ensure the closure of sensitive issues without genuine accountability. The question remains whether the coming days will witness an oversight revolution that reopens old books and holds those involved accountable, or whether political balances will once again prevail, allowing the passage of previous budgets with a “let bygones be bygones” approach.
In this context, MP Mukhtar Al-Youssef, a member of the Badr parliamentary bloc, affirmed on Monday that the House of Representatives’ vote on approving the final accounts, currently under discussion, will depend entirely on the extent and magnitude of the financial and legal violations identified within them.
Al-Youssef told Al-Maalomah News Agency that “the current discussions within the House of Representatives regarding the final accounts for 2014 and 2015 have revealed numerous glaring financial and legal violations.”
He added that “if these financial violations are definitively proven, they will not be approved by a vote. Instead, the entire file will be referred to the Integrity Commission and the judiciary for adjudication and to hold those responsible accountable.”
For its part, the Parliamentary Rights Bloc expressed reservations about the final accounts reviewed by the House of Representatives for the previous four years.
The bloc’s head, MP Saud Al-Saadi, stated in a press release that “final accounts are supposed to be submitted by the government as draft laws. After reviewing official documents, it became clear that the final accounts were sent by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s government to the House of Representatives in 2021.”
In a related context, constitutional law expert Ali Al-Tamimi emphasized that the final account is not a draft law but rather a final report on actual budget expenditures. He stressed that its approval by the House of Representatives does not mean closing the file or absolving anyone of responsibility for the financial violations.
Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalomah News Agency that “the Federal Financial Management Law stipulates that the final accounts report be submitted to Parliament, where the Council exercises its oversight role by discussing and voting on the report.” He explained that “in the event of any financial violations, those responsible are referred to the judiciary, the Integrity Commission, and the Public Prosecution to initiate legal proceedings against them.”
He added that “voting on the final accounts only confirms the figures contained therein and does not negate or dismiss the identified violations.”
Al-Tamimi pointed out that “ratification does not grant immunity to those involved, but rather opens the door for judicial and oversight bodies to hold accountable those responsible for any waste or manipulation of public funds.”
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