Official denies Basra governor’s resignation

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Director of the media department of the Basra Council denied on Friday reports of the governor’s resignation. “Basra Governor Shaltagh Abboud al-Mayahi did not resign from his post,” Iyad al-Amara told IraqiNews.com news agency. Sadrist Lawmaker, Uday Awad, had told hundreds of protestors in front of the Basra council building that the governor presented his resignation, noting that a group of lawmakers are meeting with the governor ‘now’. SH (TP) 945