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Dr.Barham Saleh: We would not conduct a
census before the elections for security reasons.
29.7.2005
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London: Dr.
Barham Saleh, Iraqi planning minister and member of
the Kurdistani National Union, confessed the spread
of the phenomenon of administrative and financial
corruption in Iraqi institutions and rejected the
politicization of this problem.
Saleh denied considering the former government,
which was headed by Dr. Iyad Allawi and Saleh was a
deputy prime minister, as responsible for the
administrative and financial corruption.
He said, "This is an extreme fallacy, as the governing council took over
the power after the fall of the former regime,
followed by the interim government, and these are
the same identities that are governing today. Dr.
Ibrahim Al Ja'fari was a vice president, as well as
Rouz Sawish and I was a deputy prime minister. |
Dr. Barham Saleh, Iraqi planning minister and member
of the Kurdistani National Union. |
There was administrative
corruption and the government head (Allawi) was firm
against this corruption. He appointed me personally
to investigate on a number of cases, which were
committed to jurisprudence." The minister pointed
out, "The confrontation of some corruption files has
clashed with some of those standing behind these
files. They need deterrent procedures.
The procedures should be more decisive and
effective. We hope that the current government faces
this problem." He noted, "It is wrong to politicize
the issue of corruption and use it as a paper
against the political competitors. This led Al
Ja'fari stresses that dealing with corruption files
should be more serious to eradicate this phenomenon
from its roots." Saleh confirmed that the issue of
"fighting administrative corruption needs to adopt a
legal mechanism, which is remote from the political
or news media handling, as it is an issue relating
to wasting the state money and fraud. There are
legal authorities that are in charge of these cases,
the most prominent of which is the financial control
department, which works upon very high legal
standards and using elite specialized experts,
remote from political effects."
Saleh said, "There are crucial political clashes
taking place in Iraq, which are attempting to
exploit the cases of administrative and financial
cases. We have submitted our views with regard to
this issue. I believe that the application of
specialized laws is the actual remedy." During a
meeting that Dr. Salah Al Shaikhali, Iraqi
ambassador to the United Kingdom, has called for,
Saleh spoke about his visit to the British capital
of London.
He said, "I met with the head of the British
government, Tony Blair, the foreign affairs
minister, Jack Straw, and the development minister.
We have discussed the developments of the Iraqi
political developments, the security issues and the
process of drafting the constitution." He pointed
out, "The British government has shown deep
understanding of what is happening in Iraq. Blair
confirmed the concern of his government in the
political process in Iraq and supporting the Iraqi
people against terrorism and in the process of the
reconstruction of the country."
Saleh said, "During Madrid conference, the donor
countries have decided to assist Iraq with 33
billion dollars, of which 7 billions have been
cashed. What has reached the Iraqi economy does not
exceed 2 billion dollars. These are security and
administrative expenses that have been spent outside
Iraq." He stressed "the necessity of spending the
grants inside Iraq to activate the Iraqi economy."
He added, "In the Red Sea Donor Countries, which has
been held recently, the World Bank, Saudi Arabia and
Japan have decided to offer Iraq facilities, which
consist of facilitated loans, as Japan would grant
three and a half billion dollars, Saudi Arabia a
billion dollars and the World Bank half a billion
dollars, in addition to what some Gulf countries
would grant of loans to support Iraqi economy."
He concluded, "The most significant thing that we do
is activating Iraqi economy through supporting the
private sector projects and activating our economy,
as we can not continuously rely on the World Bank,
or wait for the representatives of donor countries."
Al Sharq Al Awsat
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