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| Iraq |
| Over 7,500 police members sacked this year |
| 2008-05-29 |
| (VOI) – The Iraqi Ministry of Interior dismissed more than 7,500 police members from their positions in 2008, a senior under-secretary of state at the Ministry said on Wednesday, citing absence, negligence, and corruption as the main reasons behind the sacking. "The Ministry of Interior sacked 356 officers and 7,199 recruits in 2008 for their corruption, absence, and negligence in performing their duties," Adnan al-Asadi said during a joint press conference held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. "They have been dismissed under the Internal Security Forces Law, which was approved by the Iraqi parliament, and referred to the international security forces courts," al-Asadi noted. "The Ministry has merged 6,000 former officers into its forces, including 2,000 students of the police academy who dropped out or were dismissed, in addition to a number of officers included in the Justice and Accountability Law, whom Iraqi prime minister expressed his readiness to solve their problems and help them return to work," al-Asadi added. The Justice and Accountability Law is an alternative to the debaathification law, enacted by former U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer, who ruled Iraq after the fall of the former regime in April 2003. The debaathification law expelled tens of thousands of former Baath Party members from government posts. In November 2003, Bremer established the debaathification commission to root out senior Baathists from Iraqi ministries and hear appeals from Baathists who were in the lowest ranks of the party's senior leadership. The new law allowed thousands of Baathists to return to the political scene and receive their retirement rights. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Tribal, more likely. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-05-29 12:22 |
| #1 The rest cannot be fired due to family connections? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-05-29 12:03 |