Iraq’s Federal Integrity Commission announced Monday that it has issued 90 arrest and recruitment orders for current and former high-ranking officials over the past month amid various corruption cases. and recruitment orders against the backdrop of cases investigated by the departments and investigation departments of the commission in Baghdad and the provinces, and referred to the judiciary. The department warned that 19 arrest warrants and 71 recruitment orders had been issued against “higher ranking officials.” in addition to the two current Deputy Ministers and two Deputy Ministers.” Former minister and former deputy.
He pointed out that “among the orders of arrest and recruitment were issued against 3 current governors, 11 former governors and 3 former governors. former members of provincial councils.
Earlier this month, the UN Secretary-General’s envoy to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called for “radical reforms in Iraq,” stressing the need for the Iraqi government to continue fighting corruption. Plasshart said at a regular Security Council briefing she presented on television from Baghdad: “Achieving meaningful change that is felt and affects the lives of Iraqi citizens will take time because it can only happen through structural changes that require systematic social and economic reforms.”
And she stressed that “there are many other areas that require immediate attention from the Iraqi government, including environmental issues, support for energy independence and the return of Iraqi citizens from the Al-Hol camp.”
And in November last year, the press service of Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani announced the formation of the “Higher Commission against Corruption”, which was called “an emergency formation.” The office said in a statement that “Under the direct leadership of the Prime Minister and with the aim of fighting corruption in accordance with the ministerial curriculum and through non-traditional mechanisms to overcome previous negatives, the (Integrity Commission) was formed on Wednesday. an exceptional formation called (Higher Anti-Corruption Commission) to expedite the handling of major corruption cases.” Iraq is among the most corrupt countries in the world, ranking 157th in the world in the Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International in 2021.
