Shlomo "Momo" Filber, Director-General of the Communications Ministry, who was removed from his post because of the Bezek affair investigation, said in a conversation with Channel 2, "I will not be a state witness against Netanyahu."
He said, "For four days I sat in front of the investigators of the Securities Authority and explained to them that everything I had promoted was in accordance with my authority as CEO on the basis of the policy of my predecessors.
"Kahlon decided in 2012 about the 2013 structural separation in Bezek. The government already accepted this as an official decision, and all I did in 2015 was to add an additional condition to Bezek that if they want it to happen, they have to invest billions of shekels in infrastructure.That's all, there's no criminal offense whatsoever.What is there to talk about?"
Asked if Netanyahu did not commit an offense by instructing Filber to act, the CEO replied, "I never talked to him about these things.It never came up in our conversation.I served the country, I love the country, I am willing to help with anything connected to the investigation in order to arrive at the truth.I will not be a state witness."
Filber was recently questioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission, on suspicion of committing a breach of trust, and on suspicion of committing securities offenses.
He was appointed director-general of the Communications Ministry by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who until a few months ago served as Communications Minister, and is considered a personal close associate of Netanyahu.
As part of his job, he dealt with the subject of corporate segregation and the structural separation of Bezek. Avi Gabai, the new head of the Zionist Union, made a fortune from the privatization of Bezek.