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Last update - 02:46 22/07/2008 Olmert's Kadima sets date for party leadership battle By Mazal Mualem and Barak Ravid Tags: tzipi livni, ehud olmert  After numerous delays, the Kadima council on Monday night approved a change to party legislation that will allow the next leadership primary to be brought forward and held in September. A total of 91 of the 180 council members voted for the proposal, which has spurred a bitter disagreement in the Kadima leadership because it aims to oust the party's current chairman, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The primary will be held between September 14 and 18. The council said special circumstances justified holding an early vote. The move to unseat Olmert came in the wake of his embroilment in a new corruption probe into suspicions that he illicitly received funds from an American Jewish businessman over 15 years. Advertisement Over the previous few days, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Public Security Minister Avi Dichter, who intend to run in the primary, had spearheaded efforts to persuade council members to approve the move. At the same time, Olmert's associates had tried to persuade council members to vote against a September primary, which is seen as a move to unseat the prime minister. Olmert will have to announce by the end of the month whether he intends to run for Kadima's leadership. Sources close to him say he does not intend to do so. Livni's associates said Monday they were pleased with the council's decision to hold the vote in September. Livni indirectly criticized the prime minister again in her address at a conference on democracy at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, saying that a public official who commits a crime should pay with his office. "In a strong leadership, elected officials can deal with clandestine temptations and reject them," Livni said. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Baptism by fire Bradley Burston offers 10 Mideast traps for Barack Obama to avoid. A second life 'Exodus' passenger makes aliyah six decades after being turned away.   1.   Why should primaries even take place... all lies about Olmert 07:30  |  Smadar 22/07/08   2.   Go ahead Kadima and do it! 08:55  |  Natasha 22/07/08   3.   Olmert`s Announcement whether he will run for Primaries or not 07:14  |  Dagma 23/07/08

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