Commission of Integrity stressed that there is no legal basis for opening offices for inspectors generals in the governorates, attracting attention to the Iraqi counselors high board (ALShora council) decision which prevented governors for setting up offices for the inspectors generals in their governorates because they have no legal basis to do so.

The Alshora Council decision was issued on April 4th 2011 according to the article (2) of the unaffiliated in regions governorates law no. (21 for 2008) stipulates that the governorates councils have the right to issue the local legislations within the borders of their governorates and to administer their affairs according to the decentralized administration principle and which are not challenge the federal laws and the constitution.

The CoI added that the item (first) of the order no (19 for the year 2005) stipulates that: the Prime Minister may appoint inspectors generals in following COI nomination, stressing the article (47) of the unaffiliated to regions governorates, stipulates that “all governorates offices and councils shall be subjected to the inspection and auditing of the Iraqi Higher Auditing Board and to the branches of the independent agencies formed by the Constitution”.