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Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. (Tess Scheflan / Jini) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:32 22/10/2007 Mazuz deputy: Attorney General won't ask PM to suspend himself By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is unlikely to ask Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to temporarily suspend himself in the wake of a third criminal investigation against him, Mazuz's deputy, attorney Raz Nizri, said on Monday. Nizri's statement was made to the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, which last week submitted an inquiry on the third probe against Olmert, in which the prime minister is suspected of granting improper political favors while serving as industry and trade minister between 2003 and 2005. Advertisement According to Nizri, Olmert's potential self-suspension should be a matter reserved for civil and political discourse, and not for the courts. Nizri hinted that the Attorney General's Office has recommended Olmert avoid getting involved in the selection process for the next state prosecutor. The Forum has demanded he steer clear of the process as long as there are ongoing criminal proceedings against him. According to a Justice Ministry statement on the third concurrent investigation against Olmert, the prime minister will be investigated on suspicions of cronyism while he headed an investment center operated by the Industry and Trade Ministry, alleged political appointments via the Small Business Authority and alleged political appointments throughout the ministry. In a different case, the prime minister was questioned by police twice two weeks ago over suspicions that he tried to rig the sale of Israel's second-largest bank, Leumi, in favor of two associates during his tenure as finance minister. Olmert is also suspected of buying a Jerusalem home from a real estate developer at a substantial discount in return for helping the builder obtain construction permits from Jerusalem authorities. Related articles Quality Gov't Movement to Mazuz: Leave Zelekha alone One out of four investigations Olmert faces third criminal probe, calls to step aside Bookmark to del.icio.us Killer father Rabin killer's wife says will tell tjheir son his father 'sacrificed himself for his people'. Tehran to Tel Aviv A Christian-Jewish group is promising dozens of Iranian Jews a better life in Israel.   1.   Olmert?s Gordion knot to be cut by High Court 16:54  |  H.H.M 22/10/07   2.   Neurosis..... 17:12  |  Esther 22/10/07   3.   Re H.H.M. #1 17:54  |  Esther 22/10/07   4.   Balancing the scales 19:32  |  Jack 22/10/07   5.   LIKE SEDOM 20:28  |  John the gentile 22/10/07   6.   THE JEWISH NATION TO OLMERT:GO HOME 21:05  |  GOODBYE OLMERT 22/10/07   7.   #3 Esther 22:34  |  EGW 22/10/07   8.   What a country!! 22:47  |  Goldberg 22/10/07   9.   Olmert and Mazuz 23:16  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 22/10/07   10.   EVERYONE WANTS OLMERT TO RESIGN HE NEEDS TO BE PUSHED 01:03  |  THE WARRIOR 23/10/07

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