Rome Mayor Virgina Raggi said
Thursday that she is willing to testify at the trial of her
former personnel chief Raffaele Marra for alleged corruption.
"If and when they call me, I will go because it is a duty and
should be respected," Raggi said.
Marra, who was arrested in December in relation to the
corruption probe, is accused of receiving 370,00 euros from real
estate broker Sergio Scarpellini in 2013 to buy a house in
Rome's Prati Fiscali area.
Scarpellini is also under investigation.
Raggi is being probed over the promotion of Marra's brother,
Renato, to city tourism chief from his former post of deputy top
traffic cop.
She has denied wrongdoing and has been backed by Beppe
Grillo, the leader of her anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
(M5S).
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