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Thursday, August 8, 2019
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Thursday, August 8, 2019
Committee members said to quit due to clash with comptroller over PM’s legal defense
The resignation of three members of the State Comptroller’s Permits Committee is due to a clash between them and the newly appointed ombudsman, Matanyahu Englman, Channel 13 reports.
Englman has accused the committee members of overreaching their authority in their dealing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for an approval for legal defense funding from wealthy benefactors.
That has created a bad atmosphere that has now resulted in the resignations, the report says.
