BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government's efforts against corruption have been halting at best, and Iraqi courts frequently bow to political pressure in cases against officials suspected of wrongdoing, a leading anticorruption official said.
Sabah al-Saedi, who heads parliament's integrity commission and whose zealous anticorruption campaigns make him a gadfly for some in Iraqi officialdom, also said that exasperation about corruption would shape the outcome of national polls next year.
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