Kadima Coalition Chairman Avigdor Yitzhaki as well as several other Kadima party members are quietly reviewing their options in finding a way to remove Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from office.
Media reports said a majority of Kadima faction members have decided to back Chairman Yitzhaki’s call for Prime Minister Olmert to step down when the faction meets to discuss the situation on Thursday.
There are indications that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will be the candidate of choice to replace Chairman Olmert as the head of the party.
Minister Livni has avoided discussions on whether she might be tapped to replace the Prime Minister. “I don’t intend to play on that field,” she said. “This is not a personal issue between me and the Prime Minister, but rather, the country’s future.”
Media reports said a majority of Kadima faction members have decided to back Chairman Yitzhaki’s call for Prime Minister Olmert to step down when the faction meets to discuss the situation on Thursday.
There are indications that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will be the candidate of choice to replace Chairman Olmert as the head of the party.
Minister Livni has avoided discussions on whether she might be tapped to replace the Prime Minister. “I don’t intend to play on that field,” she said. “This is not a personal issue between me and the Prime Minister, but rather, the country’s future.”