Moussa also spoke to Al-Monitor about another challenge that a Cabinet of technocrats will have to deal with and that is not related to corruption. He said, “We must admit that armed factions across the Iraqi territories impose a specific approach with the ministries, which is difficult to avoid. A political clash is predicted between these factions and the new ministers, which has nothing to do with corruption.”
The political parties’ economic deals within the Iraqi government ministries have been brought into the spotlight. On Aug. 27, the head of Iraq's Commission of Integrity called on the political parties to abolish their affiliated economic committees, which coordinate the deals between the political blocs’ ministries and businessmen.
Fighting these committees or auditing and exposing corruption cases may lead to death. This is exactly what has happened with the staff of the Commission of Integrity every year since its establishment following the fall of Baghdad in April 2003. The commission was established in 2004 under the Coalition Provisional Authority and staff members have been killed each year since in the line of duty.
In this regard, Ahmed Madlul Mutlaq, the member of parliament for the Iraqi National Forces Alliance, said, “There are mafias within the Iraqi state who are backed by political parties and who threaten any independent figure or other individual who stands against corruption.”
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