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Olmert που ωθείται για να αποχωρήσει πέρα από τις αξιώσεις δωροδοκίας
Πέμπτη, 29η Μαΐου 2008
Αμέσως μετά την κατάθεση από τον επιχειρηματία Morris Talansky ότι είχε παραδώσει προσωπικά $150.000 (£76,000) για τον κ. Olmert κατά τη διάρκεια μιας περιόδου περίπου 15 ετών, την Άμυνα ο ηγέτης Ehud Barak Υπουργών και εργατικού κόμματος ώθησε τον πρωθυπουργό για να αφήσει το γραφείο - είτε μόνιμα είτε για όσο χρονικό διάστημα συνεχίζεται η έρευνα αστυνομίας ενάντια σε τον. Αλλά ενώ η επέμβαση του κ. Barak's προκάλεσε ενδεχομένως τη σοβαρότερη απειλή ακόμα στην πολιτική επιβίωση του κ. Olmert's, δεν ήρθε με μια προθεσμία. Ούτε τίναξε την προφανή αποφασιστικότητα του κ. Olmert's να μείνει στην αρχή μέχρι ή εκτός αν κατηγορείται τυπικά. Ο κ. Barak κάλεσε τον κ. Olmert για να απελευθερώσει τα ηνία της κυβέρνησης «μέσω [της μόνης] αναστολής, των διακοπών, της παραίτησης ή να κηρυχτεί ανίκανος» και προειδοποίησε ότι θα προκαλούσε τις εκλογές εάν ο πρωθυπουργός δεν αποχώρησε ή δεν αντικαταστάθηκε από τους συναδέλφους του στο κυβερνών κόμμα Kadima. Λέγοντας ότι ο κ. Olmert δεν θα μπορούσε αμέσως «να εξετάσει τις προκλήσεις που απασχολούν το Ισραήλ, όπως Hamas, Hizbollah, η Συρία, το Ιράν και οι αιχμάλωτοι στρατιώτες» και να χειριστεί συγχρόνως τις «υποθέσεις του», πρόσθεσε: «Επομένως, ενεργώντας από την ανησυχία για το αγαθό της χώρας… Πιστεύω ότι ο πρωθυπουργός πρέπει να αποσυνδεθεί από το καθημερινό τρέξιμο της κυβέρνησης.» Σύμφωνα με μια έρευνα στην καθημερινή εφημερίδα Haaretz, 70 τοις εκατό εκείνοι που ψηφίζονται - και 51 τοις εκατό των ψηφοφόρων σε Kadima - δεν θεωρούν την έκδοση του κ. Olmert's ότι τα χρήματα που έλαβε από τον αμερικανικό επιχειρηματία πήγαν μόνο για τις προεκλογικές εκστρατείες του. Ο κ. Barak προώθησε την επέμβασή του σε μια διάσκεψη ειδήσεων στο Knesset κτήριο αφότου εμφανίστηκε να έρχεται σε αντίθεση με η κατάθεση του κ. Talansky's - απομακρυνθείσα ως «στρίβει» από τους δικηγόρους του κ. Olmert's - την επιμονή του πρωθυπουργού που δεν είχε ωφεληθεί προσωπικά από οποιεσδήποτε πληρωμές που έγιναν σε του κατά τη διάρκεια της περιόδου υπό έρευνα. Ο βοηθός του κ. Olmert's, Tal Zilberstein, είπε στην ισραηλινή τηλεόραση «τη συνέντευξη τύπου που δεν άλλαξαν τίποτα». “The Prime Minister was not considering resigning, nor taking a leave of absence, nor any of the other suggestions raised at that press conference,” he said. To do so would be tantamount to an admission of offences of which he intends “to prove his innocence”. Uncertainty remains about how ready Mr Barak is to carry out his threat to lead his party out of the coalition and so trigger an election which the current polls suggest he would not win. While some of his allies suggested that the “moral message” he conveyed would increase his popularity, the polls indicate at present that Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud would be the biggest party after any new election. The one factor that could alter that landscape would be if Mr Olmert were to be replaced as Kadima leader by Tzipi Livni, the Foreign Minister. She has reportedly incurred Mr Olmert’s anger by not notably rallying to his support but she is deemed to be the most popular politician in the country. However, she has rivals within Kadima such as Shaul Mofaz, the former chief of staff in the military who has a base among political activists though much less so in the country. Ms Livni would also be best placed – among Kadima politicians – to inherit Mr Olmert’s efforts to conclude a “shelf agreement” on a two-state solution with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Concern that these could now grind to a halt were underlined yesterday when Nabil Abu Rudeineh, an aide to Mr Abbas, said there was “no doubt that what is happening in Israel will have negative repercussions on the negotiating track”. Sima Kadmon, a columnist for the Yedhiot Ahronot daily, wrote in a front-page commentary yesterday: “The issue here is the unassuming way in which an elected official takes into his hands huge sums of money in cash, credit card or as a loan. Where is the shame? Where are we living?” Sleaze and scandal in Israeli politics * Omri Sharon, son of ex-prime minister Ariel Sharon, began a seven-month prison term in February 2008 after conviction on campaign funding violations. His father is mentioned in the inquiries but has not been charged. * Finance minister, Avraham Hirchson, resigned in July 2007 under suspicion of embezzling millions from a union he used to run. * Israel’s President, Moshe Katsav, forced to resign in June 2007 amid rape and sexual harassment charges. * Olmert ally, Haim Ramon, convicted in March 2007 of forcibly kissing a female soldier. After a light sentence, Ramon returns to Olmert’s cabinet as Vice Premier. * President Ezer Weizman is forced to resign in 2000 under suspicion of accepting money from a businessman. * Prime Minister Ehud Barak and aides suspected in 2000 of campaign finance irregularities. No charges are filed. * Decorated general Yitzhak Mordechai resigns from cabinet in 2000 after being charged with sexually assaulting female workers. He is convicted and given suspended sentence. * Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspected in 1997 of engineering appointment of attorney general in exchange for support from the Shas party, but is not charged. * Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns in 1977 before an election in which his wife is found to have an illegal foreign currency account in the US. See More:Israel World NewsHave Your Say: Olmert urged to stand down over corruption claims Please note, only selected comments will be published. 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