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Shabibi threatens to resort to all means if you do not solve the issue of the Central Bank in Iraq
Threatened Iraqi Central Bank Governor Sinan al-Shabibi arrest warrant issued against him by resorting to "all means" if not resolved his case within the country, saying that the immunity of the bank has been exceeded in Iraq.
Shabibi said that there are lawyers who follow the issues, pointing out that the central bank has immunity in his work and in accordance with Article 23 of the Central Bank Act, and that this immunity is not only the bank, but central banks in general.
Shabibi stressed that this immunity has been exceeded with us and went to the extent of arrests, threatening to resort to all means if you do not solve the issue within the country, and we feel that justice and not some kind of impact on the bank's reputation.
Shabibi was confirmed on Tuesday, he will return to Iraq to defend the central bank to maintain economic stability.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said, (November 5, 2012), The warheads big fall issue of the central bank, while stressing that the presence of Shabibi in the bank is wrong to expiration appointed governor, pointed out that he is not acting funds Iraqi, but had no information on size or the location of the deposit.
He also accused al-Maliki, in (the first of December this month), members of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee of being behind the corruption, stressing that "the highest votes in the Committee" pay five million dollars to disrupt the work of the Commission of Inquiry into suspicions of corruption swirling around the Central Bank of Iraq, while another member pay $ 10 million for the same purpose.
It is noteworthy that the Supreme Judicial Council confirmed, in (19 last October), the issuance of an arrest warrant against the central bank governor and a number of officials in corruption cases, after the media quoted a local, in (14 October 2012), sources control the judiciary issued an arrest warrant for al-Shabibi corruption charges, pointing out that he escaped out of the country after the issuance of the memorandum, the bank denied the news, saying that the governor is currently involved in an annual conference in Tokyo and will return to Baghdad.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Central Bank was established under the law issued on the sixth of March of the year 2004, as an independent body and is responsible for maintaining price stability and the implementation of monetary policy, including exchange rate policies and management of foreign reserves and the issuance of currency management, as well as regulate the banking sector to promote system competitive and financial independent.
Wednesday 12/12/2012 05:15 pm Visitors: 298 Comments: 0
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