The Federal Integrity Commission announced the issuance of an order to summon the former Minister of Transport; For his refusal to implement an order within the jurisdiction of his work and issued by a competent public authority.

In its talk about the summons order issued by the Rusafa Investigation Court, which is specialized in examining integrity cases, against the former Minister of Transport, the Commission’s Investigation Department indicated, against the background of the failure to implement the decision issued by the Council of Ministers to dismiss the Director General of the General Company for Iraqi Ports, only five months after the issuance of the decision.

It added that the aforementioned court issued a summons order against the former Minister of Transport based on the provisions of Article (329) of the amended Iraqi Penal Code No. (111 of 1969).

Paragraph (2) of Article (329) stipulates the imposition of a penalty of imprisonment and a fine, or one of these two penalties, on every public official or agent who fails to implement a ruling or order issued by a court or any competent public authority after the lapse of eight days from his official warning of implementation, whenever the execution of the judgment or order falls within his competence.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency