MP describes granting land pieces by Maliki for certain figures as illegal

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP Lateef Mustafa, member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee described granting pieces of lands by the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki to people close to him as “illegal”.

Mustafa told IraqiNews.com that “This act is illegal as it is not adopted in the democratic countries but in the dictatorial ones which make everything as allowances and grants,” noting that “This procedure was created during the former regime and we still follow it in the same vein.”

“The distribution of land pieces on certain people does not come within the powers of the Premier or the President but only the concerned authorities have the legitimate right to do so such as the Ministry of Housing and Construction or the Municipalities Ministry etc,” he added.

Earlier, Khafaji has revealed that the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki granted his Deputy for Energy Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani and the Vice President, Khudhayr al-Khuzayi, also his advisors and figures close to him among them MP Hanan al-Fatlawi and MP Shirwan al-Wa’ili pieces of lands on Tigris River’s banks and others in Kadhimiya city of Baghdad.