Parliament’s integrity announces the referral of 400 corruption files, some of them relating to “senior officials”
Parliament’s integrity announces the referral of 400 corruption files, some of them relating to “senior officials”
2020-12-10
On Thursday, a member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Sabah Taloubi Al-Aqili, revealed that 200 corruption files had been referred to the Integrity Commission during the last period, indicating that there are hundreds of corruption files being investigated.
Taloubi said in a press statement, “We have referred more than 200 large and serious corruption files, some of them related to high-ranking officials, to the Integrity Commission.”
Noting that “the total files that were referred to the Integrity Commission during the current parliamentary session are more than 400 corruption files, most of which have not been completed yet.”
He added that “there are other files that were referred by other deputies,” noting that “some files referred to the waste of billions, and the government was able to recover these funds.”
The Integrity Committee in the House of Representatives revealed, on Wednesday, that files were opened in the committee concerning the ministries of trade, health, oil and industry.
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