‘Provocation’: Sa’ar clashes with fellow New Hope MK in probe of comptroller vote
New Hope MK Sharren Haskel told police on Sunday that her own faction ordered its lawmakers to record themselves casting ballots for Michael Rabello, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s preferred candidate in the vote for state comptroller in June, and to show their votes to the premier.In her testimony to investigators from the Lahav 433 major crimes unit, Haskel said that the instruction to record the votes came down from New Hope MK Michel Buskila, the party whip, a source familiar with the investigation was cited by Kan as saying.Police are expected to collect testimony from other New Hope MKs who would have received the same instructions, the report said. In an interview with the broadcaster last week, New Hope MK and Minister Ze’ev Elkin denied receiving such instructions.Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who chairs New Hope, rejected the claim in an affidavit submitted to the High Court of Justice.Sa’ar, who was…
New Hope MK Sharren Haskel has accused her own party of instructing lawmakers to record their votes for Michael Rabello, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s preferred candidate for state comptroller, and to show these recordings to the premier. Haskel testified to police that the order came from New Hope party whip Michel Buskila. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, New Hope chairman, rejected these claims in an affidavit, stating they were “not only baseless, they’re also irrelevant and are designed to generate a media provocation.” The High Court of Justice previously ruled that the recording of votes by several coalition MKs violated the secret ballot requirement, necessitating a new election, which has not yet occurred. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has instructed police to investigate the conflicting affidavits for potential perjury.
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