2024-04-23 07:53:56
Former Iraqi MP Mishaan al-Jubouri called for an investigation into Jeanine Plasschaert, the UN envoy to Iraq, on suspicion of corruption, bribery and profiteering, describing her as a “false witness.”
Al-Jubouri said in a tweet on the “X” platform, “At the end of the work of UN envoy Plasschaert, we call on the United Nations to open an investigation into the accusations of corruption and profiteering directed at its mission in Iraq.”
He added: “Plasschaert’s performance evaluation was bad, and she played the role of a ‘false witness’ who distorted the facts, was not objective, and always sided with the authorities at the expense of the general Iraqi people.”
Al-Jubouri’s calls come as the UN envoy to Iraq is about to leave Iraq about a month from now, with the conclusion of her 5-year mission in Iraq.
Plasschaert was appointed to head the UN mission in Iraq in late August 2018, succeeding Slovakian Jan Kubis. Last February, during a briefing she presented to the United Nations, she said, “This is the last briefing because she will leave her position at the end of next May.”
An investigative report by The Guardian newspaper indicated that United Nations employees in Iraq received bribes from businessmen and investors, in exchange for granting them reconstruction deals and aid to Iraq that came through the United Nations and donors.
The newspaper said in its report that the United Nations Development Program sent a team to Iraq to evaluate allegations of corruption in the construction program, which costs $1.5 billion, but the United Nations then issued a statement denying that Plasschaert’s departure was linked to the scandal of its employees.
Last updated: April 22, 2024 – 00:59
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