Kadima Rocked by New Graft Investigations
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“Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, minister without portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi and former MK Omri Sharon were all in the eye of the new storm of corruption Monday as law-enforcement and judicial authorities continued investigating various allegations of their misconduct.”
Omri Sharon’s Calendar Reveals Corruption in Kadima
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“The publication of Omri Sharon’s appointment calendar “has exposed to all the way in which Kadima was formed. No honest person can identify with a movement with these values,’ says Likud MK Erdan.”
“Omri Sharon, son and behind-the-scenes schemer of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was instrumental in many official appointments – with the help of Ehud Olmert and other top Kadima figures.”
“Channel Ten exposed documents and an appointment calendar of former MK Omri Sharon, showing the extent of his involvement in appointments to governmental and official bodies. Ministers Olmert, Sha’ul Mofaz, Tzippy Livny and others were involved as well.”
“Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has opened an investigation into the matter, after receiving several complaints and requests to do so.”
“The documents are from the year 2004, when Sharon Jr. was a Likud Knesset Member. In August of that year, he jotted down a list of important people he felt he needed in order to win an important upcoming Likud Central Committee vote. The issue to be decided was the inclusion of the Labor Party in the coalition government, without which the government was liable to fall.”
“The documents appear to show that Omri Sharon acted like the ‘Director-General’ of the country, in the words of journalist Yoav Yitzchak: advancing certain people in exchange for their support for his father, ‘maintaining’ the Likud, and then creating Kadima. His lists show that he was involved in tenders, municipal appointments, directorates, and the like.”
“The list included, next to the names, jobs that Omri planned to obtain for them. Sample entries: ‘A directorate for Yigal Yosef.’ ‘A directorate for Shlomo Ben-Amra.’ ‘Housing Culture Association position for Rachamim Eden – why was it not signed yet?’ ‘meeting with Rachamim Eden, mix him a little longer.’”
“In fact, shortly afterwards, Eden was appointed to the directorate of the Housing Culture Association – in addition to this position as Likud Chapter Head of Kfar Saba. Shlomo Ben-Amra, a Central Committee member from Kiryat Ono, was soon appointed accountant of the Be’er Sheva Religious Council.“
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