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MKs demand from PM to respond to calls to resign in Knesset
Published: 05.08.07, 16:50 / Israel News
Chairs of Likud and Meretz, MKs Gideon Sa’ar and Zahava Gal-On, presented the Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik a petition signed by 46 MKs demanding to hold a special meeting where Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be required to answer the calls for his resignation following the Winograd Commission report.
“Implementing the clause that forces the prime minister to speak at a meeting is done as Olmert refuses to take responsibility and has also avoided appearing at the Knesset plenum in the two previous discussions held on the topic, “said Sa’ar. (Amnon Meranda)
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