Mutalibi: Maliki submits names of all officials involved in corruption of armament deal with Russia

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Saad al-Mutalibi, of the State of Law Coalition considered the decision over resigning the spokesperson of the government, Ali al-Dabbagh, is a ministerial and governmental decision because he is the spokesperson of the government and not the spokesperson of the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki.

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he said ” Maliki submitted the names of all the officials involved in the corruption accompanied the armament deals with Russia,” noting that “It means that no official has immunity when being involved in corruption issues.”

“Dabbagh’s name was revealed after conducting meetings with the Integrity Committee, whereas the other names will not be revealed till the investigation is done where they, including Dabbagh, might be not guilty,” he added.

“The names must not be mentioned in the media outlets because it affects the investigation and leads to the escape of the accused officials,” he concluded.

Earlier, a source within the Council of Minister stated to IraqiNews.com “Dabbagh was preventing from entering the building of the CoMs because he is involved in the corruption issues.”

“Dabbagh had two options to settle this issue, either to be an ambassador to Iraq in any country or to leave Iraq without being investigated,” the source concluded without revealing the side that set those two options.