Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday that arrest warrants have been issued for 11 ministers and ministerial-level officials suspected of corruption.
"The Anti-Corruption Council has strengthened its measures to fight corruption and to pursue the corrupt. We will mention the names of the accused if the investigations prove their corruption," the prime minister said.
Mahdi told a press conference after the weekly cabinet meeting that 4,117 cases are not yet resolved in various government institutions.
A reliable source told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the arrest warrants don’t include current cabinet ministers, saying some of the former ministers live abroad.
On another level, Abdul Mahdi said that Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) will not be integrated into the army or police because it falls within a different category.
He added that Iraq will not accept for any armed party to remain outside state control.
Earlier, the PM announced that the official decree has become effective regarding the restructuring of the PMF and transferring its fighters to camps away from cities.
