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The resignation of Iraq's Minister of Health, Dr. Alaeddin Alwan, has sparked public and political anger over "mafia" corruption in the Ministry of Health and other state facilities.
The resignation reinforced the belief that inefficiencies were unable to take on sensitive positions, due to overwhelming networks of political parties, contract control and the provision of equipment.
Alwan, officially resigned Saturday from Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi for being blackmailed, without pressure from influential authorities being denounced.
In his resignation speech, Alwan said it was unfortunate that we are subject to a wide range of sanctions and blackmail attempts and misinformation campaigns in the media, which aim to mislead and misrepresent the facts, This hampers the work of the ministry and undermines the chances of success of the reform program that the government is trying to achieve. I deeply regret to be convinced that I can not continue working in these circumstances and resign my responsibilities as Minister of Health and the Environment. "
Then Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim said in a tweet via Twitter that the resignation of Health Minister Alaa al-Alwan, under the pressure of corrupt people, had only procured them one day. temporary gain, and that we must all, if we want to build a state of institutions, cope with extortion The pressure and political blocs and their leaders carry a great responsibility. "
The resignation of politicians and activists, the resignation of Alwan, known world figure in the Iraqi medical field, where he had previously held several positions at the World Health Organization, stems from the strong pressure he faces ministry and extortion by parties affiliated with political parties and blocs. Concluded for the supply of medicines and supplies, within the "economic committees of the parties".
These committees are informal, but their task is to control the department or organization headed by a close minister, to obtain percentages of contracts and fees, and to impose appointments to the department that are sold at competitive prices. high.
In turn, the head of the Iraqi platform, Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, rejected the resignation of Alwan, while stressing that this one "had been the object of 39, a campaign of false accusations on the part of corrupt ".
"Beware of prejudices against Health Minister Alaa al-Alwan, one of the constants of the political situation in Iraq," said Allawi, pointing out that "the campaign of false accusations against him is corrupt, because the minister refused to respond to their pressures and temptations. "
For its part, the leader of the coalition of state law Mohammed Shia Sudanese, said that "the resignation of the Minister of Health Alaa Alwan of his post, a serious sign of his inability to cope with the new deep state of the Ministry of Health ".
Al-Sudani said in a tweet via Twitter that Alwan's resignation was a loss for a professional, an indication of his inability to cope with the new state within the Ministry of Health, stressing that "there is no reform in the light of complacency with the corrupt".
Activists also asked social media why Alwan had submitted his resignation, which has not yet been accepted, and if the government had plans to open an investigation into the party involved in it. Extortion, while he had asked to announce the reasons for his resignation to the public, and mentioned the party that supported him.
Influences often make the minister sing through deputies to Parliament, threatening to interrogate, denounce and publicly defame ministers, publicly and through the media, what happened to Alwan by 39, one of the deputies of the Alliance de Sairon, supported by the leader of the Sadr movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.
Deputy Jawad al-Moussawi recently said in a statement: "I will be questioning the Minister of Health and the Environment, Alaa Alwan, in the next legislature, and I will make a formal request for the presidency of the Parliament. according to the controls ", adding that" the interrogation took place due to the existence of administrative violations and suspicions of grand corruption ".
He drew attention to the alliance of Sairon on Monday, aimed at inflicting a penalty on MP Moussaoui, as well as his suspension from work, suggesting his involvement in the Minister's extortion or his contribution to this one.
And announced Monday the presidency of the political body of the Sadrist movement, a freeze of media and political work of the deputy Jawad al-Moussawi for six months.
The Commission said in a statement that "the Commission has decided to freeze the media and political work of MP Jawad al-Moussawi for six months, and referred to the Discipline Committee for not adhering to the Labor Regulations and abuse of the supervisory role ".
According to the latest report of the Office of Financial Supervision (the government's supervisory body), the latter, Adela Hammoud, former minister, would suffer from a shortage of essential drugs in exchange for other expired or redundant overpopulation, as well as the lack of necessary equipment and the maintenance of the unemployed. .
The report also highlighted a shortage of nursing and nursing staff and pollution in hospitals, in addition to the sanitary waste disposal record, which proved the existence of serious violations resulting in water pollution. and the environment around hospitals and health centers, as was the case in Basra.
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