The Histadrut leadership election is in full swing, as is the level of tension between the staffs of the two candidates for the position of chairman - Ofer Eini and Arnon Bar-David
. "Infected with a conflict of interest." This, after the election committee rejected the list of signatures submitted by Ofer Eini as part of the new faction he founded, Sela, claiming forgeries, when out of about 7,000 signatures, about 1,800 of the signatures were not from Histadrut members.
"A pilot conducted today in dozens of invalid forms now reveals that forms were rejected by the Election Commission because people did not answer the phone, did not call them and even confirmed their signature and yet the form was rejected. It will be clarified that representatives of the Sela faction On behalf of Ofer Eini.
Histadrut Chairman Arnon Ben David, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
It was also reported that "Adv. Uri Keidar, chairman of the election committee who is affected by a conflict of interest, has been acting improperly for several weeks and is trying to lead a move to disqualify the Sela faction and everything to prevent a confrontation with the weak chairman of the Histadrut."
A few weeks ago, the faction's representatives demanded that the chairman of the election committee be disqualified due to an alleged conflict of interest, and after he refused, a petition was filed against him in the district. " "We have no choice but to file a complaint against him with the police. The Histadrut chairman's attempt to prevent an election will not succeed, Ofer Eini intends to run in the election," Eini's headquarters say.
Histadrut headquarters in Tel Aviv, Photo: Gideon Markovich
It will be recalled that the Histadrut leadership elections will be held in May.
Eini announced three weeks ago that he would face Arnon Bar-David, the current chairman.
The Election Commission responded:
"The support lists submitted by Sela List were rejected on the grounds that they did not comply with the provisions of the Election Constitution, and Sela List did not appeal it at all.
The chairman of the election committee, Adv. Uri Keidar, responded:
"I will continue to act as chairman of the election committee without fear or prejudice."
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