Outgoing mayor of Rome Ignazio
Marino was being quizzed Monday by public prosecutor Roberto
Felici, the magistrate heading a probe into the controversial
expenses he ran up before he resigned, judicial sources said.
The investigation was opened following charges levelled by
the Fratelli d'Italia and the radical 5-Star Movement parties.
Marino allegedly used his municipal credit card to rack up
thousands of euros in expenses for personal meals rather than
official ones.
The mayor, who himself published his expenses in a
transparency bid that backfired, denies this.
Marino was being questioned on the eve of the opening
Tuesday of the preliminary trial on corruption charges of the
former head of the Rome street-cleaning agency AMA, Giovanni
Fiscon, the first hearing in the 'Capital Mafia' Rome graft
scandal.
Marino, who helped uncover the scandal and was praised by
Premier Matteo Renzi for his honesty, indicated he would attend
the opening of the trial at which he said before he resigned the
city government would seek civil damages from the crime gang
that allegedly pillaged Rome.
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