PM's Attorneys Outraged at Attorney General's Attorney's Stance to Read Indictment The appearance of justice "
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyers, attorneys Amit Haddad and Micha Patman, said Tuesday that the prosecutor's insistence that Netanyahu should attend the technical discussion of reading the indictment has been "manifestly unfounded."
The attorneys stated, "While the subject of the hearing on Sunday is 'reading' of the indictment, there will in fact be no reading. The defense attorneys will respond as he is well aware of all the details of the indictment. This is a technical discussion and there is no need for the presence of the head The government in the courtroom. Furthermore, in certain circumstances, the person represented by a lawyer has ceased to be absent from a substantial part of the evidence hearings later in the trial. This is true when it comes to a technical meeting, where nothing will ever happen that requires the presence of the prime minister at the hearing. "That's enough precedent in the past."
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According to the attorneys, "There is no excuse to state that the prosecutor's response is not due to any motives, but rather to serve the media campaign, to present a picture of Prime Minister Netanyahu on the defendants' bench, as a continuation of the 'Just not Bibi' campaign. In case anyone does not notice, the election is already over, And Prime Minister Netanyahu is vigorously working within the unity government that has set up to address the burning problems of the Corona, the economy and the return of people to the employment cycle. He will continue to do so on Sunday, before and after the court hearing. "
Earlier today, the State Attorney's Office announced that it opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to appear for his trial this Sunday, as his defense attorneys requested.
The reasoning for the rejection reads, inter alia, "Not for the honorable court in its decisions of 2020.2.18 and 2020.5.10 that the reading hearing will be held in the presence of the defendants, along with their power. The presence of the accused in his trial is also important in the face of justice and public trust in fairness and equality in the criminal procedure. In relation to all the defendants, "the document filed by the prosecutor's office in the District Court reads.
Remember, Netanyahu yesterday asked not to come to trial on Sunday for "technical reasons." The prime minister also claimed that arriving at the courtroom involves high security costs (the Jerusalem District Court is located in the east of the city).
Netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the 1000 cases (gift bag), 2000 (the Moses case) and 4000 (the Bezeq-Walla case).