Shayka Barkat, the first witness in Case 3000, the submarine and naval vessel case, who is currently testifying in the submarine case, said in court that he did not know what was written in the affidavit submitted by the Movement for Quality Government to the High Court of Justice on his behalf. Barkat did sign the affidavit, but did not write it, and he does not know what is written in it and whether it is true, and that it was signed when he is ill and not lucid. The movement told Israel Hayom that what was written in the affidavit was based on a preliminary conversation with Barkat.
First court hearing in Case 3000 - The Submarine Affair (Archive) \\ Photo: Avi Cohen
These days, when his testimony is taking place, Barkat claimed that he does not even know what is written in the affidavit and whether its contents are true. The affidavit was submitted as part of a petition by the Movement for Quality Government to the High Court of Justice demanding the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the affair and demanding an investigation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the affair. The investigation recounts the beginning of the submarine affair.
The Submarine Affair, Photo: Michelle Dot Com
"I signed an affidavit for the submarine petition without being lucid," he said in his testimony today. Defense attorney Amit Nir and Judge Tali Haimovich asked Barkat whether he stood behind the statements, to which Barkat replied: "Not everything, but if I signed, there is no choice but to stand behind it." Barkat explained that he did not write the affidavit at all and signed it without reading its contents and without verifying its contents: "The Movement for Quality Government sat with me and I told them. They came one day when I was seriously ill and brought me a document. It was on the street outside my house opposite the garage. They put the documents on the car bin and I came and signed."
"They came one day when I was seriously ill and brought me a document", Shayka Barkat, photo: Yossi Zeliger
The Movement for Quality Government told Israel Hayom: "The affidavit of the Movement for Quality Government was written as a full transcript of Mr. Barkat's statements in his conversation with the movement's professional team that deals with exposing the submarine and naval affairs."
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