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Posted by Meir Weinstein on 19:26:43 2008/05/04
Israeli police commissioner defends gag order on new charge against PM Commissioner
May 4, 2008, 7:34 PM (GMT+02:00)
Police commissioner Dudi Cohen
Dudi Cohen, in his first statement on the fifth corruption probe launched against Ehdud Olmert, said Sunday, May 4, the good of the investigation takes precedence over the publicâ s entitlement to information. The team needs space. No individual is above the law.
Olmertâ s former personal assistant Shula Zaken is under house arrest after she was questioned on the case for the second time. He too faces further questioning.
DEBKAfile: The political scene is in an uproar amid low expectations of the Olmert governmentâ s life expectancy. The police and attorney general are widely criticized for keeping the case against the prime minister under close wraps by court order. As rumors abound, political leaders are constrained from making decisions on how to proceed for lack of daylight. Many assert that under the pressure of this sort of probe Olmert is not fit to carry on conduct state business.
Foreign minister Tzipi Livni, who is also acting PM, said at a joint news conference with visiting US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice Sunday afternoon: The investigators must be allowed to do their job. I have full confidence in the law enforcement authorities.
This was her answer to a question about whether the new inquiry would affect the negotiations she is holding with the Palestinian leader Abu Ala under US auspices. Livni confirmed that the talks would continue.
Responding to the same question, the US secretary said the investigation was an internal Israeli affair.
In an effort to generate an air of business as usual after he was questioned Friday on a charge described as extremely serious, the prime minister chaired the regular cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday as usual. He will meet Rice again after greeting her when she arrived Saturday night
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