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$150 million dollars diverted to Iraqi
President Talabani's medical expenses
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Latest photo of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in
Slêmanî, Kurdistan region, released by Kurdsat TV on
July 21, 2014. Photo: Kurdsat •
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July 22, 2014
ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— A
medical source in Erbil revealed that the cost of
treating Iraqi President Jalal Talabani amounted to
$150 million USD from Iraq’s budget.
The source said, in a statement to Iraqi News that
“Talabani’s medical expenses during the first six
months in Germany amounted to $120 million USD,
indicating that he was transferred later to another
place. The expenses spent on taking care of him were
estimated at $30 million US dollars.”
The source added that “Talabani did not spend even
one dinar from his money and that all amounts were
spent from the state budget exclusively.”
President Jalal Talabani returned to Iraq on
Saturday, July 19, 2014 after a medical trip to
Germany that lasted for about a year and a half.
Meanwhile Aref Korbani, a political observer who is
close to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led
by Jalal Talabani, said that “this news is not true
and has no basis. President Talabani was spending
his full salary to charity; He is not in need of
state funds to spend them on his personal health,www.Ekurd.net
as well as the PUK as a political force always
looks on the disbursement of what he has in the
interest of citizens”, adding that “this news is
part of the campaign to disparage the PUK.”
The return of Talabani expenses is associated with
his treatment which is paid from the general budget
of Iraq, according to the Iraqi constitution, which
states that “the travel expenses and the treatment
of presidents in the three presidencies is the
responsibility of the general budget of the
country.”
Talabani is being
admitted into a German hospital after suffering a
stroke on
December 17 , 2012; he was rushed to the Medical
City in Baghdad, then moved to a hospital in
Germany under
joint Iraqi medical team.
Talabani has long struggled with various health
problems, and recent years saw him make frequent
trips to the United States and Europe.
It is noteworthy that Talabani nicknamed “Mam Jalal”
which means “Uncle Jalal” in the Kurdish language,
is the first Kurdish president in Iraq’s modern
history. He was elected president of the
transitional phase in April 2005 and re-elected in
April 2010 for a second term of four years.
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