Kahlon rejects ‘unfounded and absurd’ criticism of recommendations bill

27 November 2017, 4:42 pm

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Kulanu leader Moshe Kahlon rejects criticism from the opposition after his party votes in favor of the police recommendations bill, clearing it for a first plenum reading.

The criticism is “unfounded and absurd,” the coalition party leader says. “From the first moment, I said we’d support the recommendations bill and at the same time I said it won’t apply to Netanyahu’s investigations.”

The bill, as approved by lawmakers for the first vote, would allow the attorney general to consult with police in Netanyahu’s corruption probes but would ban publication of the police conclusions in the two cases.

— Marissa Newman