The State Attorney's Office announced that the evidentiary phase of the Prime Minister's trial will begin with the Bezeq-Walla!
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu // Photo: Emil Salman
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Photo: Emil Salman
The prosecution announced in response to the court that the evidentiary phase in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cases will begin with the 4000 case, then 2000 and only at the end of the 1000 case.
The 4000 case is considered the heaviest of the cases. "This position has not changed, and the reasons given in the request of defendants 2-3 (Elowitz and Mozes Y.A.) to change the order of the prosecution case do not justify such a change," the prosecution said in a statement.
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One week ago, the attorneys for Shaul and Iris Elowitz submitted their preliminary answers, including a demand that the State Attorney's Office officially specify the order of the cases and the order in which the witnesses were brought.
According to the defense attorneys, another two weeks have passed since the reminder hearing and the accuser has not yet found it appropriate to inform the court of the order in which she will ask to present her evidence. "Indeed, the Honorable Court did not order the accused to inform him in this matter, but in view of his questions and in view of their request it was to be expected that the accused would explicitly state the order in which the witnesses were to be brought."
According to defense attorneys, if the prosecution insists on bringing the first 4000 case in the order of cases, it will lead to a request to the court to change the order of presentation of evidence "since the defense will not be able to prepare to file 4000 case in January 2020 -
Defense attorneys for the Elowitz couple added that if there is a fact in recent publications that the first witness in the trial will be former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua, Advantage of the lack of time they are given to prepare. It certainly does not promote the conduct of criminal proceedings in an efficient and fair manner. "
