Corrupted ministries should be judged – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A Middle Alliance MP called to bring corrupted ministries to justice, charging them wasting billions of dollars, rather than directing a vote of no confidence in the Election Commission.  MP Waleed Aboud told IraqiNews.com that “the Middle Alliance will abstain from a vote of no-confidence in the Election Commission, despite it being the big loser in the previous elections.”  He called for investigations into the corruption in ministries, such as the electricity and trade ministries, which “wasted billions of dollars, in addition to the high level of corruption in these two institutions.”  On 2 May, 2011, the Iraqi Parliament questioned the Chairman of the Election Commission Faraj al-Haidari, amid rising differences in those who believed the credibility of his answers.  Resigning director of election department Hamdiyah al-Hussaini called on 16 April for the resignation of Haidari.  The Election Commission was formed by the temporary Coalition Authority in May 2004 to be the sole election unit in the country.  It is a vocational, independent and non-party establishment to be run by the government, with independence on executive, legislative and judicial powers. RM (TI)/SR 282