Last update - 00:00 26/03/2007
New complaint filed with police against President Moshe Katsav
By Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Staff
President Moshe Katsav will soon be summoned by police for additional questioning, after a new complaint was filed against the president in the past few days.
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz approved the police request to summon Katsav for further questioning, due to the fact that complaint was filed after a hearing was scheduled for the president on May 2.
Following the hearing, Mazuz will make a final decision on whether or not to indict the president.
A request to schedule the questioning was sent on Monday to Katsav's attorney Zion Amir.
Last week, Katsav petitioned the High Court of Justice, demanding that the state provide all materials collected in the investigation against him on suspicion of rape and other sexual assault charges.
The materials demanded by Katsav include legal opinions issued by prosecutor Eli Abarbanel, and the head of the criminal department at the State Prosecutor's Office, Efrat Barzilai. The opinions are believed to contain recommendations against charging Katsav with rape.
The president's attorneys, Avigdor Feldman and Zion Amir, argued in the petition that Katsav's hearing before Mazuz is the crucial moment of his legal battle.