"Duty of honesty" Opening the files of Anbar martyrs and stopping the salaries of some beneficiaries

Baghdad – WAA
The “Duty of Honesty” program, which airs on Al Iraqiya News, discussed the files of the Anbar martyrs and the suspension of salaries for some beneficiaries.
Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ali Razouki, told the “Duty of Honesty” program, which was followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the file of victims of terrorism in Anbar is thorny and not easy,” noting that “there is a diligent follow-up by the Prime Minister on this file, and this reassures those who deserve it.”
He added, “The Prime Minister directly tasked his office to enter into this file,” indicating that “in 2021, a file was raised in the Anbar Operations Command that there were large numbers of terrorists receiving entitlements that were not their right and were included in the Martyrs Foundation Law. In light of that, a high committee was formed at the time by the Commander of Anbar Operations, Lieutenant General Nasser Al-Ghannam.”
He pointed out that “the committee made several recommendations after it revealed that many terrorists enjoy the entitlements of the families of martyrs, including the recommendations to stop the disbursement of entitlements until the audit. The Martyrs Foundation made a great effort to activate and audit this file,” stressing that “in the current government, the file was activated and it turned out that it is a large file related to the entitlements of some families of martyrs.”
He added, “The Prime Minister recommended forming an audit committee headed by the Director General of the Martyrs Foundation to audit the files,” noting that “the number of those whose salaries were stopped exceeds 30,000 beneficiary citizens.”
He said, “We found 10,000 (copied) retirement files out of 20,900 files.”
For his part, the head of the Martyrs Foundation, Abdul-Ilah Al-Naili, told the “Duty of Honesty” program, “The foundation came to work on an accumulated file, considering that in 2009 Law 20 for victims of terrorism was voted on and was linked to the provincial councils,” indicating that “in 2015, Law No. 57, the first amendment for victims of terrorism, was enacted, the category of victims of terrorism was added to the Martyrs Foundation, and a department was established in the foundation, the Department of Martyrs of Terrorist Operations and Military Errors.”
He added, “The subcommittees in the governorates are responsible for approving the files of martyrs, the injured and property, because the terrorism file is divided into three: the damages of terrorism, property, martyrs and the injured,” noting that “when we assumed the presidency of the institution, we did not find any file related to the victims of terrorism in all the governorates, and the subcommittees approved the files and they immediately went to retirement.”
He continued: “When we went to the Retirement Authority, we found photocopied files,” explaining that “there are approximately 65 thousand approved files in Anbar, and all of its decisions are photocopied and not original,” stressing that “there are doubts surrounding 30 thousand beneficiaries of the salaries of victims of terrorism in Anbar.”
He said: “We have audit committees in the Martyrs Foundation before forming the central committee that the Prime Minister ordered to be formed.”

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