Corruption, Iraq unsolved problem

April 28, 2009


The wealth of my country are looted and Iraqi citizens stand watching that powerless
If the guardian turns to a thief, life becomes difficult and hopeless. Most Iraqis whom I know they think of leaving Iraq nowadays not because the violence but because they can't stand this situation, seeing some corrupted people messing with their beloved Iraq.
The monitoring role of Parliament is impaired because of the suspicious political deals among the blocs that if the parliament wants to investigate any corruption cases against any high rank official in the government, his party stands against that.
Since more than two years I heard about many calls of Iraqi lawmakers to question the minister trade, the head of one of most corrupt ministries according to the head of integrity committee in the Iraq parliament but these calls do not find those who listen to because of alliances.
Some Iraqi ministries reward their corrupt employees like what happened with the corrupt employee in ministry of trade. The head of the integrity committee said that this employee was sent to Egypt as a commercial attaché. The corrupt employee started an extra project. He opened sugar factory and now he has a contract with the Iraqi Ministry of Trade to supply Iraq with sugar for twenty years.
Finally, Iraqi parliament appointed a date for questioning the minister of trade. The questioning will be held in September which means more than four months later. What Great Justice we enjoy in the Iraq of today.