Iraq Tries Hard To Cut The Root Of Corruption

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For 18 years together Iraqi people have suffered under corrupt governance. Electricity and water have never been available to them in abundance. But with a new government likely to come into action, things are looking up for the civilians. It should be heartwarming to note that the government has already issued some 96 arrest warrants to corrupt officials, a huge feat for the Iraqi people.

Confirmed by the Integrity Commission, this includes current and former ministers, undersecretaries and former deputies, as well as former and current governors and director generals of several ministries, according to a statement from the commission. This also includes the deputy electricity minister who has been arrested under corruption charges too.

While the government might have tried to take these corrupt officials to task earlier as well, there has been low success rate due to the latter’s’ affiliations with

Even after the US led oust of the dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraqi people have suffered under dilapidated infrastructures, rampant corruption, loss of educational facilities and hospitals, not to mention scarcity of water and electricity as well.

Sadly, Iraq has been placed at the 160th spot out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s corruption perception index for 2020. Last May, Iraqi President Barham Salih said nearly $150 billion was smuggled abroad from corrupt deals struck in 2019, and Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi launched an anti-corruption committee soon after he assumed office in the same month.

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