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No, the investigation is performed in order to decide if there is sufficient evidence to recommend an indictment. The investigation is the part in which they c
by dogma1138 8y ago
No, the investigation is performed in order to decide if there is sufficient evidence to recommend an indictment.
The investigation is the part in which they collect the evidence, witness statements and perform a review of the case.
Then they pass their recommendation for a judicial review which would review the case and take into consideration the recommendation of the investigators and decide if there is sufficient evidence to proceed with an indictment or not, then it goes to the state attorney which has the final say.
If indicted the PM can appeal to the parliament within 30 days to request immunity, however an immunity as far as I know never been granted and over the past few decades Israel has indicted and prosecuted several high ranking politicians including former PMs so their judicial system seems to work pretty well.
The statement was referring to the claim that the recommendation text was leaked prior to the investigation being completed apparently the text was very simmilar to some leaked documents form 2 years ago.
Essentially over the past few years every month or so there was a leak that said an indictment will be recommended sometimes accompanied by the text of the recommendation, but this time it was an official recommendation.
Likely they had the legal text recommending an indictment worked on before the investigation was completed as it likely would demand quite a bit of work and approval to meet the legal nuances required for such a document.