Parliamentary questioning of #Iraq Minister of Finance, Hoshyar Zebari

Twitter | Search Home Connect Trends Me M2_tab_indicator Tweet Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim Parliamentary questioning of #Iraq Minister of Finance, Hoshyar Zebari. I present the highlights in the following tweets. (1/15) 10:23 PM - 27 Aug 2016 7 Retweets 2 Likes Reply Retweet Like More Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 3h In 2013, Mr Zebari rented a private plane for $90,000 to go to event w/out invitation, despite prohibition of budget regulations. (2/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 3h Zebari claimed it was covered from untold "other sources" -- docs show he ordered pay. He also spent $49k in two days of the trip. (2a/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 3h In 2014, against law, Zebari raised treating office guests by 100 times, from ID250k to ID25 million-- by 2015 it was ID60 million. (3/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 2h Zebari claimed one month of busy schedule. But documents showed raised cost throughout 2015. (3a/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like omairdo omairdo @goodmmann 2h @DrAbbasKadhim Zebari has always been openly corrupt Why he survives? Shia politicians r weak Sunnis pol. need their 2nd homes in Erbil View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 2h Zebari rented a house for $157k/year, without proper authorization from the PM, req by law. Rent is also too high + other violations. (4/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like omairdo omairdo @goodmmann 2h @DrAbbasKadhim And he stopped tweeting from his official MoF account since I lambasted him in 2015 for his open anti central gov rhetoric! View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 2h Zebari claimed contract existed from time he was MoFA. But didn't deny amount or lack of authorization as Min. of Finance. (4a/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 2h Zebari appointed 450 bodyguards, costing #Iraq $2 million for travel (Baghdad-Arbil), w/out legal basis. (5/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 2h As Minister of Finance, Zebari contracted with 486 guards. Their salaries cost #Iraq more than $4 million/year. (6/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Juliane Meyer Juliane Meyer @JulianeMeyerK 2h @DrAbbasKadhim Why the job is not done by the police? They are paid so or so by the state. View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Ana Ana @anavasiliu 2h @drabbaskadhim ... still, not generous to many enough View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 2h Without identifying it as such, Zebari spent $767k to upgrade Massoud Barzani's house + furniture 14 rooms & 2VIP bedrooms, etc. (6/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 1h Zebari claimed he did not restore the house, then said it cost $41k, but docs show the $767k is about right. (6a/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like markymark markymark @markemark619 1h @DrAbbasKadhim that money could have been spent on rebuilding the country View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 1h Was Zebari untruthful in his first claim that he did not restore the house? MO Jubouri should have asked him, but didn't. (6b/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 1h Min. of Finance failed to collect profits of the TBI (Trade Bank of #Iraq), estimated at $3billion. Zebari threw this in PM's lap. (7/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 46m On the retirees bank cards, suffices to say that Mr. Tha'ir Awwad, a manager at Rasheed Bank was also rep. of contracting company. (8/15) View conversation · Reply Retweet Like Dr. Abbas Kadhim Dr. Abbas Kadhim @DrAbbasKadhim 36m Most MoF investment real estate either were not efficiently utilized or went to Kurds, including investment in center&south of #Iraq. (9/15) In August 2015, Min. of Finance paid KRG $27million against the govt policy not to pay KRG after the GoI & KRG Oil agreement failed. (10/15)