Lower oil to push the government to fight corruption and reduce the size of spending
Lower oil to push the government to fight corruption and reduce the size of spending
14/12/2014
BAGHDAD / JD / .. Payment decline in global oil prices, the Iraqi government to what has failed predecessors in the fight against rampant corruption in the joints of the state and reduce the size of government spending.
The Prime Minister said Haider Abadi, a few days ago: “We have started the large whales in the fight against the corrupt and draw a cautionary message to anyone who takes a salary without right”, and confirmed that he would go ahead with his campaign that “even if it cost me is my life because corruption is no less dangerous than terrorism.” .
The action comes after Abadi this drop in oil prices to below US $ 65 per barrel, which will negatively impact on the state budget based on oil revenues through an increase in the fiscal deficit.
Economic expert Ali Hussein al-Lami, said that “the decline in oil prices in world markets came for Iraq, as they say (a silver lining) because they pushed the Iraqi government to think about how to provide enough money to fill the budget deficit and came with the government program which provides for reforms in all institutions and the elimination of financial and administrative corruption in the country, which the government pay for the formation of committees to detect corrupt files in all state institutions. ”
He said al-Lami told / BD /: “The problem committees by the government was able to reveal the names of more than 50 000 military member and placebo in defense and 75 000 member in the interior, and 12 000 employees as a cleaner in the Municipality of Baghdad, and 24 000 fictitious name in the body retirement, in addition to the disclosure of highly confidential deliberations within the heart of the Green Zone in amounts worth $ 14 billion, was to open an investigation on them. ”
He added: “Some people wonder why we see today, officials are racing to detect dangerous figures prepared by aliens and angels phantom whether in the military or civilian institutions ?, what he called you just now that Tkhvoa corruption ?, Where were you for the past years ?, Is awakening of conscience Or awakening honor or other things? “.
He continued: “The answer to these questions, according to personal Our analysis is centered in two directions: first, that” the drop in oil prices and access to its lowest level sparked concern the Iraqi government on how to walk the things financial state and reduce the 2015 budget deficit by announcing the implementation of the austerity plan, which included reducing expenses Finance is necessary for government departments, hence the files began to reveal in front of the Senate each institution how you get the money from the budget and how to spend that money, “The second: the awakening of those responsible for the detection of corruption in government departments began with the entry of American advisers who Nggua in Ministries Iraqi state as an influential advisers and to provide political support for the government of al-Abadi, this American intervention worry corrupt and began to collapse in front of them moral and emotional intensity and fear implicit confessions to crimes of corruption began and by senior politicians in the state. ”
As a member of the parliamentary finance committee Najiba Najib said the government has obliged to apply a program of administrative reform in all state institutions and the fight against financial and administrative corruption, hence the government began to form committees for exposing corruption.
She said Najib told / BD /: “The committee began the actual work and was able to reveal the alien, a term for registered staff names only in salaries they record the truth is present locations of responsibility.”
She added: “The Parliament in turn will form an investigative committee to follow up on the subject of aliens in all state departments Wayne spent their salaries and who is responsible for this file to be held accountable,” pointing out that “the continuing disclosure astronauts will contribute to closing the fiscal deficit in the 2015 budget.”
The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, had announced earlier in the host in the House of Representatives for the abolition of 50 thousand jobs to a member “space” in the Defense Ministry during one month.
The Finance Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, has called for, to make deep reforms to eliminate corruption in the ranks of the Iraqi army, while noting that a quarter of the 2015 budget will be spent on the Ministry of Defence.
The prime minister Haider al-Abadi, had announced during his accession to the post of prime minister that he intends to carry out reforms and to build a state of institutions and the elimination of administrative and financial corruption in government departments, and the dismissal of corrupt elements and to open an investigation with them, and that the committees will be charged by him to detect abuses and suspicions in overtaking on public money
He pointed out: there is work to develop the performance of inspectors general in proportion to the size of the corruption that exists, in addition to improving the performance of the Integrity Commission in the fight against corruption. He personally monitor the work of state institutions and the visits will have to reveal how they work and dealing with citizens, as some people deliberately obstructing the work for reasons of extortion and other things is concealed from the eyes of the Prime Minister. / End / 8 /
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