Selling Iraqi oil for free in two regions ... Accusing an Iraqi ministry of major corruption operations - urgent

Today, Saturday, November 28, 2020, a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee, Ghaleb Muhammad, affirmed his committee’s intention to host the Minister of Oil, Ihssan Abdul-Jabbar, regarding the sale of fuel in the northern fields and the disputed areas, without returning its revenues to the state treasury.

In an interview with (Baghdad Today), Muhammad said, "There are major corruption operations in the Ministry of Oil and mismanagement and planning regarding the exploitation of gas that burns in the air without benefiting from it," noting that "the oil file is one of the most important files that need a broad and comprehensive investigation. 

She added, "The Oil and Energy Committee requested to host the minister and the advanced cadre in the ministry in order to discuss these issues with them, but the date has been postponed." Revenues to the state treasury”

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, MP Muhammad Sahib Al-Darraji, confirmed Saturday (11-28-2020) that there are oil sales at the cheapest prices, blaming the Oil Ministry.

"The government must take a set of measures to solve the financial crisis in the country, and I presented 20 solutions and the Finance Committee agreed on 33 points as solutions and measures in order to maximize revenues and control the economic situation as much as possible," Al-Darraji said in a televised interview. The executive authority, whether or not, this is its responsibility.

Regarding the sale of oil and its prices, Al-Darraji revealed that "the Ministry of Oil sells Iraqi natural oil at the cheapest prices as medium oil, as it happens with black oil that is sold at lower prices and then returns to Iraq as fuel at five times the price."

The Finance member touched on the existence of suspicions of corruption” on the Central Bank, saying: “$ 57 billion are paid out from Iraq annually in exchange for appropriations submitted to the Central Bank without submitting papers on it to the supervisory authorities, including Parliament,” indicating that “he sent an official letter to the Central Bank for the sake of Sending all invoices for credits and goods that entered Iraq during the last five months in order for us to compare them with customs to find out where you are. These invoices are either forged and money laundering, or there is corruption in customs.

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