Baghdad – WAA
Today, Thursday, the head of the Integrity Commission, Judge Haider Hanoun, thanked the judicial authorities after they began investigating the audio clips attributed to him.
The Commission stated in a statement received by the (INA), that it “affirms its respect for the judicial authority, its procedures, and the decisions and rulings issued by it,” noting that “its work and its great outcomes, which resulted in deterrent judicial decisions and rulings against the corrupt and those who transgress against public funds, all of this was under the supervision of investigative judges.”
She added, “Based on the principle of separation of powers stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005, the head of the commission, Judge (Haider Hanoun), extends his thanks to the Iraqi judiciary and the Public Prosecution for conducting the investigation into the (forged and fabricated) audio clips falsely attributed to him, stressing respect for all the results and decisions issued by it.”
The Authority announced, according to the statement, “the postponement of the press conference that it indicated yesterday that it would hold at its headquarters; this is out of respect for judicial procedures, and to ensure that they are not influenced in order to uncover the truth, as it always seeks to achieve justice and hold accountable anyone who dares to tamper with the state’s capabilities and the security of citizens, and to encroach upon its institutions and attempt to undermine the status of its men; in an attempt to blackmail it and influence its work stipulated in the applicable laws, and it notes that this only increases its courage and confrontation of the corrupt and the recovery of the people’s money from them.”