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    “Delayed accountability” makes efforts to combat corruption falter

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    Post by Rocky Sat 07 Dec 2024, 4:45 am

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    Baghdad/Al-Masala: In light of the escalating calls to enhance transparency in all Iraqi government contracts, statements have emerged calling for reducing financial and administrative corruption and achieving more honest and effective management of the country’s resources, in conjunction with frightening figures about the losses incurred by Iraq due to corruption, which have reached nearly $150 billion since 2003, according to international and local reports.
    Huge projects remained on paper or were poorly implemented due to corrupt contracts that benefited a few in previous eras, while the citizen paid the price in the absence of services and infrastructure.
    A tweeter considered that “parliamentary accountability is a necessary step, but experience has shown that it faces political and legal obstacles in a country where institutional transparency is absent.”
    The head of the Hikma Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, said, “Financial and administrative corruption cannot be confronted without an independent, impartial, and sovereign judicial institution. Everyone must support this institution and remove the executive obstacles to its legal procedures. No one is above the law, regardless of their title or affiliation.”
    Stories of corrupt contracts in Iraq have become a stark example of the waste of public money. The “Continuous Darkness” project was one of the most prominent examples, where billions of dollars in contracts were signed with foreign energy companies to develop the electricity grid, but the reality remained dark; Iraqi citizens still rely on private generators to meet their basic needs. According to what sources revealed, some of these contracts included amounts up to 10 times the actual cost, raising questions about the identity of the beneficiaries and the absence of real oversight mechanisms.
    In a special interview with Ahmed Al-Jubouri, a social researcher from Baghdad, he said: “Financial and administrative corruption in government projects is not limited to large contracts only, but rather permeates all levels, even simple contracts to rehabilitate schools or pave roads.”
    In his opinion, the matter is linked to a political and social culture that promotes the idea of ​​impunity.
    A citizen named “Sarah Al-Khafaji” added in a post on Facebook: “The whales of corruption are still at the forefront of the scene, but we need a popular movement that imposes real change, as happened in the October protests.”
    Proactively, analysts believe that the step to facilitate parliamentary accountability procedures called for by Al-Hakim could constitute a qualitative shift if it is actually implemented without obstacles. Cross-cutting opinions indicated that implementing these procedures requires stronger legal tools, in addition to protecting witnesses and whistleblowers, which poses a real challenge to the current government.
    “Enhancing transparency is not just about legislation but about the ability to implement it. There are forces that are beneficiaries who will work in every way to sabotage any efforts to combat corruption,” said a political source who asked not to be named. The biggest obstacle, he added, is the overlap between political and economic influence, making it difficult to identify who is responsible for failures.
    “Ambitious projects turn into ruins,” is how one citizen described the situation in Iraq in a video clip that spread on social media platforms, in which he spoke about a hospital project in one of the southern governorates, the construction of which was halted after half of its budget was exhausted due to political disputes and suspicions of corruption. This scene is repeated throughout the country, reflecting the urgent need for a radical change in the management of public money.
    There is a growing need to enhance transparency in Iraq, not only to ensure the integrity of contracts, but also to restore citizens’ trust in state institutions. The challenge is great, but the first step begins with uncovering the dark circles and prosecuting those involved without exception.
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