Iraqi officials’ dual nationality criticized

Bahaa al-Araji, the head of parliament’s legal committee, recently accused influential government figures of blocking a law that prohibits high ranking officials from holding dual nationality because it threatens their personal interests.

Al-Araji, a member of the Sadrist bloc, told Niqash that more than 50 parliamentarians, two members of the presidency council and a number of ministers and officials hold a second nationality.

To name just a few, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and hi…