Legal expert: Forming a committee to combat large corruption files is a gateway to opening important files

Tuesday 15, September 2020 23:30
 
Baghdad / NINA / Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi said: "The formation of a committee to combat large corruption files will be a gateway to opening important and large files, such as the fall of Mosul, killing demonstrators, wasting public money, and smuggling money out of Iraq."

Al-Tamimi said in a statement that the Iraqi National News Agency / NINA / received a copy of: “The formation of this committee is in accordance with Article 78 of the Constitution, which granted the Prime Minister broad powers, as well as Article 2 of the internal system of the Council of Ministers for the year 2019, as well as the State Employees Discipline Law No. 14 of 1991. "

He explained: "This committee can refer investigative files to the judiciary or the public prosecution, and the cabinet can coordinate with the Judicial Council in establishing a specialized court, for investigation and trial, as well as clarifying the source of the information and receiving and allowing files."

And the legal expert stated: "The formation of the committee will be a gateway to opening important and large files, including the fall of Mosul, the killing of demonstrators, the waste of public money, and the smuggling of money out of Iraq, which is estimated at 500 billion dollars." Executing arrest warrants for the Counter-Terrorism Service, as well as coordinating with the Judicial Council to appoint a judge and general prosecutor to oversee the committee's work.

He pointed out: "The files that this committee will consider need confidentiality and also coordination with the Public Prosecution to demand the return of the fugitives and the smuggled money in accordance with the International Interpol agreement and coordination with the American side in accordance with Article 27 of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement." / End 9

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