Observers: Anti-corruption measures contributed to Iraq's progress in global indicators

Investigations and reports

27-01-2022, 20:29

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Baghdad-INA

Observers and stakeholders praised the government's measures in the field of anti-corruption, stressing that it contributed to Iraq's progression two degrees in global indicators, while calling for the application of the Financial Management Law and the adoption of the electronic governance approach to reduce corruption.

The former head of the Integrity Commission, Musa Faraj, said, in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "there are two important aspects related to Transparency International's report for the year 2021 on Iraq's progress in two degrees in the fight against corruption. The first is that the organization is concerned with examining the environment of corruption and not the extent of corruption, If asked about the extent of corruption in each country, this needs agencies such as the Financial Oversight and Integrity Commission, and all countries of the world do not have this possibility, so the reports are not concerned with the extent of corruption, but with the environment to combat it.

He added, "The anti-corruption environment is achieved by political stability, rule of law, independence of the judiciary, as well as the presence of anti-corruption agencies such as an independent and effective integrity commission, civil society participation and transparency, as any citizen or party has the right to obtain information from state agencies, in addition to To other factors such as the integrity of the judiciary and freedom of the media.

He explained, "The second aspect is Transparency International's data, which is called an impressionistic estimate, not a sensory one that depends on the documents and data contained therein," noting that "the organization does not have the right or the ability to access documents related to corruption in every country in the world."