Korupcija, zloraba položaja, večkratni obračun potnih stroškov …, izraelska policija je prepričana, da je med večmesečno preiskavo zbrala dovolj dokazov proti predsedniku vlade, zato generalnemu državnemu tožilcu predlaga vložitev obtožnice zoper Ehuda Olmerta.

The cases in question are the Rishon tours double billing affair, involving allegations that Olmert funded trips abroad for himself and his family with money obtained fraudulently from public organizations, and the Talansky affair, in which Olmert is suspected of having illegally received money from Jewish American businessman Morris Talansky over the course of 15 years.
The police are expected to reach a decision regarding a third case, the Investment Center affair, in the near future. The affair revolves around allegations that Olmert granted personal favors to his old law partner, Uri Messer, who was acting on behalf of a company, an act which would constitute a conflict of interest, breach of trust, and fraud.

V Olmertovem kabinetu so prepričani, da policija dela le reklamo zase.

Olmert’s spokesman Amir Dan said, “It is a shame that the police has not learned a thing from previous affairs in which it made grand statements and it ended with modest voices. The police’s aim should be not to make headlines and engage in PR for itself.”
Dan said that when the police’s findings reached court, “as we have seen from Talansky’s testimony, the picture changes completely and things look very different. The police has no choice but to recommend an indictment, because it must justify the fact that it brought down a ruling prime minister.”

Kakšnega posebnega vpliva na Olmertov umik iz politike odločitev tožilstva ne bo imela. Zaradi suma korupcije je Olmert umik napovedal že pred dnevi, njegova stranka Kadima bo novega predsednika volila 17. septembra, če temu ne bo uspelo sestaviti koalicije, pa bodo Izraelci čez nekaj mesecev šli na predčasne volitve.

Olmert will fight for his name to be cleared as a civilian. Anyone who thought that a police recommendation would hasten his departure - perhaps in the form of taking a leave of absence - was proved wrong Sunday night, when his bureau stated that such a recommendation had no legal standing. And so Olmert is still with us, until the new coalition is formed or general elections are held.

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