Former Likud Interior Minister Gidon Sa'ar said that contrary to rumors, he was not behind a Yisrael Hayom report stating that Netanyahu decided against holding early elections due to indications that President Reuven Rivlin wouldn't let him form the next government even if the Likud won.
"Usually I do not treat the false claims, especially since there is no one willing to stand behind the words and say them in his voice, but since my name is mixed, I announce in the clearest way: There is nothing to the reports. They are completely baseless," said Sa'ar.
"It bothers me that there are those who whisper such nonsense in the prime minister's ear. We will wait patiently for a shred of evidence to confirm the absurd conspiracy theory."