“Political investment” in Iraq falls on the line of the Hamdaniyah tragedy

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[size=52]“Political investment” in Iraq falls on the line of the Hamdaniyah tragedy[/size]

[size=45]At a time when Iraqis are awaiting the results of the investigation into the causes that led to the Al-Hamdaniya wedding hall fire, which turned into a tragedy, claiming hundreds of lives and injuries, the news is still conflicting. The Ministry of Interior, which arrested about 14 people, including the owner of the hall where the fire broke out and a number of other suspects, including those responsible for the wedding and fireworks arrangements, announced that the results of the investigation were complete, and that it would announce that on Saturday. Meanwhile, despite the Ministry of Health announcing, in an official statement, that the total number of deaths had even risen to 107, Christian officials and clergy in the Hamdaniya district announced that a search was still underway for dozens of bodies that were still buried among the rubble in the hall that had completely collapsed. In a fire because it is constructed of a highly flammable material, “sandwich panel.”[/size]
[size=45]DNA examination
According to the Ministry of Health, parts of human remains were sent to the Forensic Medicine Department in Baghdad to undertake DNA examination to identify the victims. As for the wounded, the Ministry announced that, in accordance with Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani’s instructions to send critical cases outside Iraq, the Ministry has sent about 10 critical cases so far to Turkey to receive treatment in hospitals there.[/size]
[size=45]Despite the anticipation of the results of the investigation conducted by the Interior Ministry over the past three days with the 14 people who were arrested, from the point of view of observers and insiders, if the investigation is limited to detainees only, including officials in government departments, its responsibility returns to the Ministry of Interior, and it may Only the declared aspects of the reasons discussed appear, without the results of the investigation.[/size]
[size=45]The known information about the nature of the hall that was the cause of the tragedy is that it is one of the halls that was built incorrectly, especially in terms of the lack of the required safety and security requirements, in addition to the fact that the land on which the hall was built is “encroached upon,” as the Prime Minister announced. Himself. Which reinforces the hypothesis of corruption, starting with construction on state-owned land, all the way to the party who built the hall obtaining the facilities required by the administrative authorities and the political parties behind them.[/size]
[size=45]Documents revealed
: Documents published by the media and social networking sites showed the seemingly easy method of obtaining approvals to build the hall. Which may not make the investigation go far in condemning the parties and political forces behind the construction of a hall without specifications that can withstand the elements of fire or any natural accidents.[/size]
[size=45]The political exploitation of the incident occurred on the third day, when the Minister of Immigration, Ivan Faiq Jabro, a Christian from the “Babylon” bloc led by Rayan Al-Kildani, was expelled when she visited the people for the purpose of condolences, noting that the Minister had visited the incident on its first day with the Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir. Al-Shammari and Health Saleh Al-Hasnawi.[/size]
[size=45]On the second day, I accompanied the Prime Minister, who inspected the site and visited the hospitals where the wounded were lying, but on the third day, political investment began between the conflicting political forces in that region, called the Nineveh Plain, and it is one of the areas disputed between several forces, led by the Democratic Party. The Kurdistan Region, led by Masoud Barzani, and some Christian forces that have ties to some armed Shiite factions.[/size]
[size=45]The Minister was expelled.
In the context of this conflict, the Minister was expelled on the third day of her visit. According to circulating news, while the Sudanese Prime Minister was warmly received by the families of the victims, attempts of anger and rejection accompanied the visit of the President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, to the site. The same thing was repeated with the visit of the Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, where some of the bereaved people, one of whom lost his entire family, showed their anger regarding the visits of officials, before it was accommodated by the Speaker of Parliament himself and invited to visit Parliament with a number of other families of the victims to obtain their full rights, which are included in Within Iraqi laws under the name “Martyrs’ Rights”.[/size]
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