COI: Imprisonment of PM advisor due to his failure to submit his financial disclosure

Baghdad-INA
 
The Federal Integrity Commission (COI) announced on Saturday, the issuance of a ruling against the political advisor to former Prime Minister because he refused to disclose his financial assets.
 
A statement issued by the Commission’s Government Media and Communications Office, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that “the Karkh Misdemeanor Court, which is competent to consider integrity cases, issued a ruling in absentia requiring one year’s imprisonment against (Mashreq Abbas Naji), the political advisor to the former Prime Minister, as a result of his refusal of disclosing his financial assets.”

The statement added, “The Commission’s legal department indicated that the court, after reviewing the evidence in the case, found it sufficient and convincing to convict the accused, so it decided to sentence him in absentia to one year’s imprisonment, based on the provisions of Article (19/First) of the Integrity and Illicit Profit Commission Law Project No. (30 of 2011) amended.”
 
The Commission had announced in mid-April that an arrest and search warrant had been issued against the political advisor to the former Prime Minister against the background of his refusal to disclose his financial assets.

It is noteworthy that Article (19/First) of the Amended Integrity and Illegal Gain Commission Law No. (30 of 2011) stipulates the imposition of a prison sentence for a period not exceeding one year against anyone who refuses to submit a financial disclosure form without a legitimate excuse.