Litzman: "I will not run in the Knesset elections again, this is my last term"

The former minister and current member of the opposition said this in an interview with the Knesset channel in the background of the decision to file an indictment against him, subject to a hearing.

Yaki Adamkar

26/12/2021

Sunday, 26 December 2021, 17:29 Updated: 17:41

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Litzman (Photo: Reuven Castro)

MK Yaakov Litzman said today (Sunday) that he will not run in the Knesset elections again.

"If there are new elections, I will not run, I will not go to the Knesset again," he said in an interview with the Knesset channel.

Litzman's remarks came in the background of the decision to file an indictment against him subject to a hearing.

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The indictment against Litzman deals with two cases in which he allegedly used his status and governmental power as deputy health minister to advance the interests of private individuals, allegedly using his governmental power for foreign reasons and against the interests he was entrusted with.

One case concerns a lawsuit in which the attorney general of the Jerusalem District Court petitioned to declare Malka Leifer an extradited to Australia for sexual offenses she allegedly committed there on minors at a school she ran in the city of Melbourne. stand trial and therefore should stop the extradition process against it.

according to the allegations, following requests on behalf of Leifer during 2015, acted Minister Litzmann improperly to influence the psychiatrist District Jerusalem at the time, and make it retract his position and change the opinion he gave relating to the situation Leifer's mental, so it will be determined that she is not a betrayal.

A similar action by Litzman took place at a later stage in the legal proceedings, in February 2018, at a time when the state was seeking to resume extradition proceedings, and asked the district psychiatrist to submit his latest treatment on the issue.

Even then, Litzman acted to skew his opinion so that Leifer would not be extradited to Australia.

Leifer in court (Photo: AP)

A second case concerns assistance to the Beit Israel deli. In 2015, the District Food Department of the Ministry of Health ruled, following a hearing, that the business should stop producing salads and selling them, was banned from selling additional food products due to serious sanitary deficiencies and diners' illnesses, and the manufacturer's license was revoked due to violations. The license.

According to the suspicion, Minister Litzman, who used to buy products every week on the spot and has friendly relations with the owner of the business, agreed to the latter's request and tried to help him run the business without the restrictions imposed on him. For this purpose, Litzman ordered that the relevant professional echelon in the food service be summoned to a meeting at the business. This is to influence the employees of the District Food Department to change their decision and remove the restrictions imposed on the business as part of the decision at the hearing.

During the meeting, and despite the fact that the competent professionals in everything related to food control, clarified that the removal of restrictions imposed on the business poses a real danger to the public due to poor sanitation and non-compliance with required health standards, including presence of Listeria bacteria in tests conducted on the spot. The food that they need to change their decision in a way that will be good with the business and its owners.

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