Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has said
she will not quit if she is indicted over a probe into
appointments.
Raggi is suspected of abuse of office in appointing Salvatore
Romeo head of her political secretariat and of fraud in
appointing city tourism chief Renato Marra, brother of Raffaele,
the former city personnel chief, who has been arrested over
alleged corruption.
"I am pretty tranquil," Raggi said. "We will present
documents with which I am certain of being able to explain (my
case).
"At the moment, we are moving forward".
Raggi, who became Rome's first woman mayor in a landslide a
year ago, is being backed by the head of her anti-establishment
5-Star Movement, comedian Beppe Grillo.
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