Iraq: "corrupt" by virtue of the judiciary are running in the electoral race

by **RamblerNash** Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:17 pm

Iraq: "corrupt" by virtue of the judiciary are running in the electoral race

Sunday 22 April 2018

Iraq -
The Parliamentary Integrity Committee in Iraq announced the candidacy of 13 wanted persons issued arrest warrants on corruption charges and rigging will run in the election race on May 12 next. The committee added that five other accused of administrative and financial corruption will also participate in the marathon election.

According to Iraqi media, quoting parliamentary sources, the possibility of excluding these candidates by the Federal Court by refusing to ratify their membership, and prevent them from speaking the section in the first session as deputies in parliament.

She added that «the Presidency of Parliament refused to include in the law of the elections of the House of Representatives paragraph that prevents the corrupt from running for parliamentary elections, specifically included in the amnesty law».

In November, the Parliamentary Integrity Committee revealed the issuance of warrants for the arrest of 18 ministers or cabinet ministers, 274 public and private directors, 9 deputy ministers, 5 governors, 3 former and current provincial council heads and 60 provincial council members.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi revealed two days ago in a public speech that a number of Iraqi judges had received contacts from some corrupt officials to ascertain whether or not their names were present in the cases under investigation.

"Many candidates are suspected of corruption and accused of fraud and bribery while in administrative positions, but the judiciary has not yet decided on their files ," said political analyst and former parliamentarian Ibrahim al-Mutairi .

Al-Mutairi said that the lack of transparency in decision-making, poor accountability and lack of administrative vision, in addition to supporting the parties that belong to them in covering their files made nomination simple.

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