Prosecution says petition against PM indictment announcement should be rejected

In response to a High Court petition by the Likud party and attorney Yossi Fuchs against Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s expected announcement of plans to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption probes, the state prosecution publishes a letter sent yesterday to Fuchs that says such a petition should be rejected outright.

In the letter, sent by Aner Helman of the prosecutor’s office after Fuchs notified him of the intention to file the High Court petition, he says it should be thrown out for several reasons, including that a similar previous petition was rejected and that Fuchs is intervening in a matter that doesn’t personally involve him.

The prosecution also claims that a reason for the rejection should be the delay in filing it, when it has been known for some time that Mandelblit intends to make the announcement. It also says the arguments should have been raised with Mandelblit himself before taking the matter to the High Court of Justice.