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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaydi spoke about receiving a bribe offer of $200 million from a senior official in the Ministry of Oil to cover up corruption within the ministry. This is unprecedented in the history of Iraqi governments. As a result, several officials in the ministry were detained, and a wide debate erupted regarding the extent of rampant corruption in the country. Al-Zaydi ordered the formation of a Supreme Council for Integrity and Oversight to combat corruption and recover public funds, despite legal and political criticisms regarding its legitimacy, in a context marked by a long history of committees and councils formed to fight corruption that have failed to produce tangible results.
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