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| By Israel Insider staff May 27, 2008 |
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Following the sordid testimony of American businessman Morris Talansky implicating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for accepting his seemingly unending stream of cash envelopes Knesset Members from the left and right called on Olmert to resign, regardless of whether he is indicted.
From the left:
Meretz-Yahad Chairman Chaim Oron: "I call on Olmert once again to suspend himself immediately. His rights as a civilian and his obligations as prime minister have created an unbridgeable gap. The only outlet is the halting of his service as prime minister."
MK Ran Cohen (Meretz-Yahad): "Despite my support for the political process that Olmert is leading, if what Talansky says is true Olmert cannot spend another day sitting in the chair of the prime minister."
From the right:
MK Limor Livnat (Likud) said, "Though Olmert and his people have attempted to undermine Morris Talansky, today we have discovered that indeed the prime minister had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in envelopes, in cash and not checks. If anyone had doubts, Talansky's testimony proved that Olmert must go and an election must be held."
MK Zevulun Orlev (National Union-NRP): "Talansky's testimony constitutes a severe public indictment against Olmert. The prime minister, who asked for and received envelopes with cash, has lost his moral authority. The coalition parties will be acting as accessories to this felony if they do not bring his reign to an end," he said.
From Olmert's own Kadima party:
MK Otniel Schneller (Kadima), long considered a staunch Olmert supporter, told Channel 2 that if Olmert were to leave the Prime Minister's Office, another person from Kadima could take his place and "the coalition might even be strengthened." |
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