Supreme Court: Olmert can continue negotiating

Dan Izenberg ,
Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch on Wednesday appeared to dismiss
Likud MK Limor Livnat's arguments that in continuing negotiations with
Syria and the PA, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meant to force the next
government to accept the terms he reached.
The court was hearing Livnat's petition calling on the court to order
Olmert to stop negotiating because he was head of a transitional
government which did not have the people's support.
Livnat and her attorney, David Shimron, tried to persuade the court
that the circumstances today were different from those of 2001, when
the High Court rejected a petition calling on it to order then-Prime
Minister Ehud Barak to stop negotiating with the PA after he resigned
and new elections were pending.
Shimron said that in 2001, the Knesset had not dissolved and the
election was only for the office of prime minister. Secondly, Barak was
a candidate for prime minister in the 2001 elections In the current
case, there is no chance that Olmert will be able to return to office
and continue advancing his policies since he is not running for prime
minister. Secondly, this time the Knesset has dissolved and does not
enjoy the confidence of the people.
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