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Economy and elimination of corruption

Economy and elimination of corruption

3: One of the hurdles on the path of reform and eradication of corruption in the Kurdistan region, which according to international standards is one of the most corrupt regions in the world, is the lack of transparency and the chaos associated with its legal and economic systems. On top of the lack of transparency and the chaotic nature of the system, the public income and the national wealth is appropriated and wasted. The details of the region's national budget is hidden or lost. Several webs of corruption inside and outside Kurdistan work hand in hand and in darkness while protecting each other's interests. One of the responsibilities of the Kurdistan parliament, which can not be postponed, is to investigate this dark phenomenon and eradicate it. The Change (Gorran) List believes that the issue of economy, reform and the eradication of corruption, should be given to a competitive parliament before any other authority with its legitimacy anchored in the suffering of the people of Kurdistan. The experience of the rule of the Kurdish government proved that one of the main causes of corruption and spread of oppression and the breaches of law in Kurdistan, is because of the vagueness of the political, legal and economic systems and the incompetency of the parliament which does not have the power to investigate and follow up on cases and issue charges. The parliament that does not have the power to override the politburo of the political parties or their secretary generals. Most of the parliamentarians, instead of seeing themselves as the representative of people, often see themselves as the servants of the political forces. A bad example that is becoming a norm here in Kurdistan is to see the parliamentary seat as a privilege for the person who occupies it. Being a member of the parliament is the heaviest and hardest responsibility with the parliamentarian answerable to his/her conscience, the people and to the sacred oath that it has has taken. The Gorran List while at the same time appreciates the efforts of some of the previous parliamentarians both female and male, is aware that all these efforts were by individuals and has not resulted in creating a true parliamentary faction to put pressure in order to create reforms and a constitutional government and eradicating corruption. Postponing such a duty, not only weakens the confidence of the people in the parliamentarians, it also questions their trust in the organs and representative bodies and it become a disaster for the governance in Kurdistan.

One of the hurdles on the path of reform and eradication of corruption in the Kurdistan region, which according to international standards is one of the most corrupt regions in the world, is the lack of transparency and the chaos associated with its legal and economic systems. On top of the lack of transparency and the chaotic nature of the system, the public income and the national wealth is appropriated and wasted. The details of the region's national budget is hidden or lost.

Several webs of corruption inside and outside Kurdistan work hand in hand and in darkness while protecting each other's interests. One of the responsibilities of the Kurdistan parliament, which can not be postponed, is to investigate this dark phenomenon and eradicate it. The Change (Gorran) List believes that the issue of economy, reform and the eradication of corruption, should be given to a competitive parliament before any other authority with its legitimacy anchored in the suffering of the people of Kurdistan.

The experience of the rule of the Kurdish government proved that one of the main causes of corruption and spread of oppression and the breaches of law in Kurdistan, is because of the vagueness of the political, legal and economic systems and the incompetency of the parliament which does not have the power to investigate and follow up on cases and issue charges. The parliament that does not have the power to override the politburo of the political parties or their secretary generals.

Most of the parliamentarians, instead of seeing themselves as the representative of people, often see themselves as the servants of the political forces. A bad example that is becoming a norm here in Kurdistan is to see the parliamentary seat as a privilege for the person who occupies it. Being a member of the parliament is the heaviest and hardest responsibility with the parliamentarian answerable to his/her conscience, the people and to the sacred oath that it has has taken.

The Gorran List while at the same time appreciates the efforts of some of the previous parliamentarians both female and male, is aware that all these efforts were by individuals and has not resulted in creating a true parliamentary faction to put pressure in order to create reforms and a constitutional government and eradicating corruption.

Postponing such a duty, not only weakens the confidence of the people in the parliamentarians, it also questions their trust in the organs and representative bodies and it become a disaster for the governance in Kurdistan.