Embattled Israeli PM faces fresh scam
Afp, Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was yesterday accused of unlawfully appointing scores of political cronies from his former Likud party in the latest scandal to mar his beleaguered leadership. The allegations were sparked when private Channel 10 television revealed a document drawn up by Olmert aides listing dozens of appointments they arranged for party members when he was trade and industry minister from 2003 to 2006. The more than 100 alleged fixed jobs include senior positions in public bodies, such as local councils and the postal authority, which require open competition at public tender. "Every week or two, I would be summoned to the minister's office... during these meetings I got a list of people who they wanted appointed to the postal service," Avi Moskovitch, a former senior postal official, told army radio.
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