London, November 24: The former Whitehall mandarin heading the long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war has said his team will not shrink from criticising Tony Blair and other senior government figures if they are found to be at fault.
Sir John Chilcot, whose inquiry will hear the first public testimony tomorrow, said that the probe aimed to produce a “full and insightful” account of the decisions made in the run-up to war to build up a full narrative of the events and mistakes that occurred.
He added that he wanted to avoid the “adversarial ding-dong” of the courtroom during the exchanges. However, his team has already come under pressure to investigate claims that the former prime minister misled Parliament in the run-up to the war.
–Agencies