Corruption is no longer in Iraq confined to the sector without other sectors but it includes all aspects of the joints of the political, economic, social and security life even it has become familiar and conducted under the sight of every one and became a lasting phenomenon without looming in the near horizon to put an end for it , especially since the spoilers have become the power who have their weight within the Iraqi political reality , and even there are those who are working to find justification for this corruption and act to delay any real claims to eliminate it and reduce it and in this context , the extent of the corruption and violations of the Statute of the electoral Commission is disclosed day after day , which was reflected in the final results of elections for provincial councils in 2013, which enabled the rise of entities and people who did not get the real votes and
Deprived entities and other candidates from obtaining the required eligibility.
Altaghier Channel Satellite has got a set of documents issued by the Commission itself showing the extent of imbalance in the elections and the amount of injustice, which was reflected in the overall election results noting that documents have confirmed recognized by the Commission itself in the absence of professional and professionalism in the work of UNHCR and the disappearance of transparency and that what happened is not related to the rules of work and ethical profession.
Documents showed that the introduction of information about the candidates and entities was done without consultation with the Operations Department specially the unit of data that is working to collect votes entities and candidates and other ironies that marred the Commission not to work with the option of the proportion of the work base (85%) represented by a statement in the number of signatures in the voter register and the number of voters as well as the percentage of (85%) of the number of voters for each entity and the guidance was to work by the percentage of (85%) between the number of valid ballots in the fund and the number of voters registered at the station and not those who are present and signed or stamped as well as the percentage of (85%) between voters actually at the station and only for one entity and the total number of voters in the record, which means if there is (382) voters voted in a station that its total voters are (450) voters and their votes were given to only one entity, it is acceptable results, which is totally unacceptable according to the most basic electoral standards.
It is strange, and there are dozens of forms for a number of provinces were in need to be checked and corrected in the center or in a number of provinces and the unity of the audit in the center as well as the need to check the results of the declared election by the electoral offices through the form of results (604) and at the level of polling stations and the same results which are in the center of input noting that this process is marked by the speed to declare the results.
Interestingly , dozens of forms have not checked for a number of provinces and the correction in the center or provincial offices due to the differences after making matches between the Center’s electronic database and archiving paper and it is worth noting the serious recognition of the Commission that the parties to participate in the elections to exercise various kinds of pressure and demand by force to obtain election results from the database without a request from the operations Department and then presented it to the board of Commissioners and the strange that the calculation of seats was confined between two employees, a measure that the Commission confirmed that was an improper and unprofessional while the proper context is a submit to the Council of commissioners with an official letter from the Operations Department and to be signed by the Director General of the Department and the director of the center section of the official unit database in order to be acceptable in form and content and submitted formally in line with professional procedures and maintains the integrity of the data for the entities and candidates in order to keep away any doubts about how to receive the results of the election and what It raises doubts about the election results what happened to expedite the work on the allocation and calculating of seats for the entities and candidates and determine the winners of the candidates in a small closed circle without the involvement of the operations Department, which underlines the lack of transparency in the work and is a risk that does not give the results of elections the credibility and made it vulnerable to appeals and to question and it is very dangerous, which the documents referred to , obtained by the altaghier Channel Satellite , the dominance on data input center by a one political bloc without the other, where the presence of its representatives are continuously throughout the days of the week and during the period of data entry where the visitor is constantly in the room of data management and were practicing pressure on the staff to receive the election results straightway and first in first and classification it and not to allow the highest levels of the presence in the room, but only with their consent even he was one staff from UNHCR, which raised doubts about what’s happening inside the center and sent Negative messages about the center and the transparency of its work and and it it is worth noting and strange that to calculate and adopt lists where there are doubts about its credibility, which significantly affected the results of the elections and candidates in obtaining seats, especially since the applicable electoral system was based on a formula (St. Lego) which one vote is of the great importance and value in the nomination of a candidate or entity noting the Commission recognizes that its decision was taken hastily.
And among aspects of corruption in the Commission work is the act of the purchase of nine cars of model “Suburban” worth one billion Iraqi dinars, in addition to the distribution of rewards a proportion of salaries exceeded between 50% and 85% to UNHCR offices in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk and staff at the registration centers, in addition to the granting of full salary to general managers of the offices of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and Baghdad, and Dohuk and the rest of the centers in the provinces in addition to give full salary for members of the Council commissioners and among matters in which UNHCR were involved in it that it did not update voter records which some lists included the names of the deceased and Syrians and Turks , and in this context, we underline the following points which reflect violations carried out by the Commission and is preparing for elections in 2014 :
1. as part of a waste of public money UNHCR to raise fuel allocations to members of the Board of Commissioners 450 thousand dinars to 750 thousand dinars
2. The Commission has been not to inform both the Ministry of Planning and the Central Bank and the Department of Registrar of Companies , the General Authority for taxes about the names of those bodies who are contracted with them , and their addresses, nationalities and the amount of the contract and the duration in the event of the completion of the signing of the contract procedures contrary to the provisions of Article VIII V of the instructions and implementation of government contracts of the no. one of the year 2008 .
3. UNHCR has contracted with processed companies before receiving the answer of the National Intelligence Service that there are no cons about the companies and contrary to the statements of General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, which provides that the conclusion of the contract with the companies only after the receipt of the book of intelligence service.
4. Commission did not take into account the accuracy in determining the speculative costs and be prepared by a competent and relevant entities of experience in implementation.
5. Commission did not take into account the issue that the file of contracts to include a copy of insurance policy on contract materials.
6. The Commission invited directly some of the international companies and to assign to a British company before receiving the answers without having a plan to contract.
7. UNHCR dealt with companies that had previously dealt with, despite its breach of the contract signed with them and included in the blacklist by the Ministry of Planning.
8. Commission did not observe the issue of fixing the duration and transmittance of documentary credit in many contracts.
9. UNHCR included the approval of the inclusion of contract amount of stamp duties and fees of declaration and the amount of tax and obtain it from the Iraqi authorities rather than obtaining from the contractor.
10. UNHCR did not sure of the receipt of those entities on which direct invitations are sent for them and receive e-mail of the UNHCR for correspondence through it with UNHCR.
11. UNHCR did not verify the validity of the issuance of documents submitted by the contractor companies and verify not be included in the black list before contracting with them.
12. UNHCR has contracted with companies before it confirms of the validity of the issuance of the letter of guarantee of good performance.
13. the Commission did not consider for the existence of a committee to open the tenders in which there is a representative from the Ministry of Finance with a number of specialists headed by an employee whose position is not less than a manager or chief engineer and the membership of a representative from each of the legal and financial circles and formations of contracts where there is an a technical specialist employee and a rapporteur with an observer degree.
14. UNHCR did not adopt the weighting ratios on when compares between the bidder companies and assignment on the contracted companies
15. Adoption of staff included by the accountability and justice.
16. There is a lack of numbers and quantities of records.
17. The violation of UNHCR to the principle to declare tenders in newspapers where the Commissioner has not supplied by newspapers in which a tender is published.
18. The UNHCR did not claim the contractor company with documents proving their implementation of their obligations under the contract.
19. It was not determined the date of the direct implementation of the contracts.
20. There was no interest to the files of contracts and organize them in addition to the lack of indexing and numbering contents.
21. All Commission members to travel to Spain for a week and at the expense of the Commission.
22. The delay in the creation of the priorities of contracts.
23. The Commission did not prepare a study on the cost of contracts.
24. The companies did not provide “ISO” certificate certified by the Iraqi embassies or consulates abroad.
25. The increase of body guards for members of the Commission, despite the original protections.
26. The Commission did not send contracts with companies that more than 150 million to the Office of Financial Supervision.
27. Commission did not organize the papers of detailed forms of contracts to facilitate the task of checking.
28. The Commission did not inform the General Administration of Taxation and the Central Bank of the names of the contracting parties and the nationality of companies contracted with them and the amount of contracts and delays to inform the Ministry of Planning.
29. The absence of names in the voters’ data previously participated in the previous elections.
30. UNHCR’s acknowledgment of presence of 436 forms that has been replaced and the presence of 277 form has been manipulated.
3. There was manipulation in the numbers of seals in a number of centers.
32. Appointment of person as an interpreter holds a Masters qualification in engineering.
33. Favoritism in appointment of office managers outside Iraq.
The Iraqi Studies Unit
Translated by: Mudhaffar al-Kusairi
Rawabet Center for Research and Strategic Studies