1college of law and political sciences/ university of Anbar
2قسم القانون/ کلیة القانون والعلوم السیاسیة/ جامعة الانبار/ العراق
Abstract
Secrecy in the actions of the executive authority is achieved by concealing certain actions and procedures in order to achieve legitimate or illegitimate objectives. The secrecy of these actions is relative, meaning that they are hidden from some parties or parties, including the public opinion, while the stakeholders who have direct contact with these actions are known to them. It is noticeable that there is no specific definition of confidentiality, nor is there a specific legal standard or principle, as it was left at the discretion of the judiciary and there are several reasons for confidentiality, including (political, military, security). The importance of confidentiality lies in the fact that it is one of the most important job obligations in addition to the emergence of modern methods of storing and preserving information, including electronic management. The applications of secrecy appear in elections and parliamentary sessions, and we believe that the secrecy of elections lies in hiding the flaws in the elections from bribery, extortion and vote buying. Parliamentary oversight of the government's secret work is one of the basic principles of democracy, as it is not considered a tool for settling accounts between the opposition and the government, or a tool for electoral propaganda, and all means of parliamentary oversight have a constitutional, financial and administrative role for parliamentary oversight in Iraq.