Saudi newspaper: A special Iraqi anti-corruption court will wipe out big heads
Saudi newspaper: A special Iraqi anti-corruption court will wipe out big heads
2017/11/27 10:57
[Ayna – follow-up]
revealed a Saudi newspaper, the Iraqi government’s intention to establish a special court to combat corruption, predicting citing sources to overthrow “large heads involved with files of corruption before the beginning of 2018 next.”
Saudi Arabia’s al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted sources close to the file as saying the government was considering creating a special anti-corruption court.
These sources say that the idea comes “to ensure accountability of corrupt, since previous experiences have proved the inability of the current judicial bodies to hold the corrupt for different considerations.”
The judiciary has demanded earlier the establishment of a special court to combat corruption along the lines of the Special Tribunal to try the elements of the former “Baath”, and provided the availability of immunity and protection necessary for the judges to exercise their work, but some jurisdictions exclude the establishment of these courts because of a specialized court on corruption cases.
The economic expert Majed al-Suri told the newspaper that the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi files files of corruption, involving large politicians and influential political parties to the judiciary within 3 weeks.
“The corrupt are waiting for a big blow. I think it has to do with the donor conference scheduled for next February in Kuwait to reassure the donor countries that the money they spend will not go into the pockets of the corrupt,” he told the Middle East.
Al-Soury, one of the financial experts close to the anti-corruption movements, stressed the existence of “great efforts” in the file, referring to “contracting with experts and different countries in this regard.” He also cooperated with Interpol to help Iraq uncover corruption files. , To ensure impartiality of investigations and not affected by political conflicts. ”
He said that” the majority of information about currency smuggling and corruption exist in the United States and other countries, and Iraq can obtain it at any time.
“He expected” the arrest of large political figures within two weeks or 3 weeks, In prison, this is a first step in the fight against ”
The talk on behalf of the Office of Prime Minister Saad al-Hadithi announced on Monday the start of the government’s plan to combat corruption gradually, and confirmed that the results will appear soon, noting that the use of foreign expertise came to follow the money smuggled and access to those involved stolen.
said Sabri, in a press statement that ” the Council of Ministers has an integrated system to fight corruption , ” noting that “activation happened to the Supreme Council for the fight against corruption in order to take its role in the monitoring of cases of waste of public money.”
He pointed out that “the use of international expertise comes to benefit from in the investigation and tracking of money smuggled and the arrest of those involved in its crimes,” stressing that “the government began to implement the plan gradually and coordinate in the escalation,” noting that “the coming days will show results on the ground through the restoration of money Looted and expose those involved in theft and hold them accountable according to the law. ”
Al-Hadithi said that “there is a government determination to resolve the battle of corruption with victory as our fight against terrorism ended with the liberation of Iraqi territories.”
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