‘I could be finance minister in 10 minutes’ — Kahlon

Moshe Kahlon of the Kulanu party says that he was being pressured by both the Likud party and Zionist Union to publicly back a candidate for the premiership.

“If I wanted to, I could become the [next] finance minister in ten minutes, after one telephone call,” he says, according to the Walla news website.

Kahlon also says he believes that Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid failed as finance minister.

“He claims he almost succeeded. I say that a near goal is not a goal,” he says.

Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon at a joint press conference with fellow Kulanu candidate Rachel Azaria in Jerusalem, January 6, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon at a joint press conference with fellow Kulanu candidate Rachel Azaria in Jerusalem, January 6, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

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