Zaidan calls on those investigating the assassination of the leaders of victory to make efforts to uncover the perpetrators

INA-  BAGHDAD

The President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zaidan, confirmed Thursday, that the martyrdom of the leaders of victory is a treacherous crime that has no legal basis and a great loss that will not be compensated, and the responsibility of the judiciary to hold those who committed the crime double accountable, calling on those in charge of the investigation to make an exceptional effort to uncover the perpetrators.

 Zaidan said during the official forum on the occasion of the third anniversary of the martyrdom of the leaders of victory, which was held at Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, attended by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the tragic memory of the martyrdom of the leaders of victory, the martyr Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis and the martyr Qassem Soleimani and their companions, following a treacherous, cowardly crime that has no moral or legal basis is undoubtedly a sad and painful memory."

He added, "The loss is great and will not be compensated.”

 He pointed out, "It is the duty of everyone loves of the martyr leaders to perpetuate their memory and record for history what is known about them to inform future generations of the heroic role they played during a dark period in the history of the Iraqi state, when the terrorist ISIS gangs occupied a number of Iraqi provinces." 

He pointed out, "ISIS was seeking to establish a state of myth, but the fatwa of the rational religious authority and the response of the people of Iraq to it thwarted this criminal scheme."

 He continued, "The martyr Al-Muhandis had important positions in protecting the judiciary institution from the erroneous jurisprudence that was expressed, whether by some figures or the parliament , towards the judiciary institution."

He added, "The responsibility of the judiciary to hold accountable those who committed this crime is a double responsibility, because the duty of the judiciary basically under the law in general is to punish everyone who commits a crime, but the moral responsibility in remembering the martyr's positive attitudes towards the judicial institution constitutes an additional incentive to perform this duty imposed on the judiciary according to law".

Regarding the reasons for not holding those who committed the heinous crime accountable, Zaidan replied, "The judiciary deals with any crime presented to it according to the evidence stipulated in the law, and these evidences are presented to the judiciary by the security authorities that undertake the investigation."

He stressed, “The judiciary will not hesitate to take legal measures against anyone who proves evidence of his participation in this crime in any way, whatever his position and location, and the credibility of that is the issuance of an arrest warrant against the former President of the United States of America, who publicly admitted that he was the one who ordered committing this crime, so  The judiciary considered this sufficient evidence to take legal action against him.

 The President of the Supreme Judicial Council called on those in charge of the investigation in the security authorities to "make an exceptional effort to obtain evidence that reveals the perpetrators of this crime," noting that "it will remain a shame on all those who committed it or participated in it."