After “the theft of the century” .. Parliament decides to host the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank
After “the theft of the century” .. Parliament decides to host the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank
10-16-2022
Information/private.
Member of Parliament, Donia Al-Shammari, revealed today, Sunday, that a special session was held to host the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank, against the background of a corruption deal in the amounts of taxes and customs estimated at two and a half billion dollars, after the end of the audit and the ongoing investigation.
Al-Shammari said in an interview with “Al-Maalouma”, that “Parliament will hold an extraordinary session in which it will host the Governor of the Central Bank and the Minister of Finance of the current caretaker government,” stressing that “the investigation and scrutiny of the amounts that were embezzled by manipulating the financial accounts of taxes and customs are underway.”
She added, “A special committee will be formed for this issue, comprising two deputies for each parliamentary committee, to investigate and scrutinize the case more and reveal the parties behind the embezzled amounts.”
And she continued, “There are many representatives who have filed cases with the Federal Court to prevent some ministers from the caretaker government from traveling on the grounds of many suspicions.”
The independent deputy, Basem Khashan, said in a previous statement to “Information”, that “the case of theft of 2.5 billion dollars from Al-Rafidain Bank is one of the largest thefts, but it is open and clear,” accusing the Parliamentary Committee in the last session of “involvement in the theft that took place from Specific parties, as indicated by the report on the case
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