Corruption whales devour the people’s sustenance.. The food basket is similar to theft of the century

Corruption whales devour the people’s sustenance.. The food basket is similar to theft of the century

4-10-2023

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The corruption of some ministries has reached the point of stealing the livelihood of the simple citizen after the scandal of reluctance to distribute the food basket, but what is worse is the passage of corruption deals and contracts with companies to finance the food basket materials with poor quality of foodstuffs and prices double than what is offered in the markets, where corruption and waste of public money reached 500 One billion dinars in the food basket file, according to what has been revealed so far.

It seems that the political influence that stands behind the Ministry of Commerce has reached the point where a contract is signed to supply the food basket with a company that suffers many problems in implementation before the decision of the Council of Ministers in the previous caretaker government headed by Al-Kazemi, 3 dollars is the price difference from what is in the local markets, but the quality Much less than it despite the high price.

Clear and blatant corruption

And speaking of the files of food basket corruption, a member of the House of Representatives, Saud Al-Saadi, states in an interview with Al-Information agency, that “the file of contracting with a company to supply the food basket was approved by Al-Kazemi’s government four months before the Cabinet’s decision, by contracting with a lagging company that suffers from Problems in implementation procedures,” noting that “there is a file of corruption and waste of public money in the food basket, where one basket costs $6, but the Ministry of Commerce buys it for $9.”

And he added, “The theft in this file amounts to 500 billion Iraqi dinars per month as a result of the price difference that the Ministry of Commerce contracts with companies,” pointing out that “there are problems and danger in the matter of validity or safety of the procedures of the company that was contracted to supply the food basket.”

Regarding the food basket for the month of Ramadan, Al-Saadi explains: There are many governorates and regions in which the food basket has not been distributed yet, and work must be done to address this delay because of its negative effects on the livelihood of the simple citizen, noting that “there is a flagrant failure and open theft of sustenance The Iraqi people in the file of the food basket.

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In addition, Member of Parliament Hadi al-Salami said, earlier, to Al-Maalouma Agency, “We have previously submitted an official request to the Presidency of the Parliament to interrogate the Minister of Commerce as a result of negligence, delay, and corruption of the food basket file, blaming the Presidency of the Parliament for the delay in interrogating the Minister of Commerce, stressing his intention complete the interrogation.

*Importing low-quality foodstuffs

For his part, a member of the House of Representatives, Hussein Al-Sabri, confirmed in an interview with Al-Maalouma agency, that “there is delay and delay in distributing the Ramadan food basket for some governorates and Baghdad,” noting that “there are large differences in the prices that have been announced compared to the prices in Markets”.

And he continues, “It was noticed that poor-quality materials were imported with a high percentage of the items of the food basket that were purchased for distribution in Ramadan,” noting that “large corruption files were passed in the file of contracts that were made to prepare the food basket.”

It seems that the political interests that move the hands of corruption in the Ministry of Commerce do not give importance to the citizen who is waiting for the food basket by investing it in passing suspicious deals by buying poor quality foodstuffs at double prices than what they deserve or what is sold in the local markets. This time portends a giant theft of the people’s livelihood that requires the intervention of the Prime Minister or the Integrity Commission to reach solutions or reach the stage of “what was hidden was greater in the Ministry of Commerce.”

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