Finance Minister calls to purge the army of "ghost soldiers figures."

Friday November 28, 2014 08:59



Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Called on Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari , on Friday, to make deep reforms to eliminate corruption in the ranks of the Iraqi army, while noting that a quarter of a quarter of the budget of 2015 will be spent on the Ministry of Defence.

Zebari said the " Reuters ", in an interview pursued" Alsumaria News "," We certainly will recommend strongly the need for deep reforms in the military security establishment to fight corruption and mismanagement. "

"At the same time, we must purge the army of these figures, ghost soldiers numbers and other mismanagement."

The soldiers Lwahmeon names in the lists of soldiers owners do not appear do not participate in the fighting, but their salaries intervention pockets leaders.

Zebari said "certainly there must be controls. To be a review of all configurations in terms of numbers. There should be no soldiers and Humayun in the ranks of the army."

He added that he should be responsible for the number of units, weapons and salaries, ammunition and food, "Accounting and these things essential to the genius does not need" to understand.

Zebari said the quest "to allocate about 23 percent of the proposed budget for 2015 totaling $ 100 billion for defense and security when it was put on the Iraqi Council of Ministers very soon."

Zebari stressed that the security forces deserve support to deal with the organization, but said that it was necessary to impose more stringent controls.

Was not published Iraq spending figures for the current year but the Stockholm Institute for International Peace Research says that Baghdad has spent $ 7.9 billion on defense in 2013. The United States also provided funds and equipment to Iraq since the withdrawal of the last of its troops from him in 2011.


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