The State Comptroller, charged with investigating government corruption, inefficiency, and ineptitude, has decided to delay publication of a report criticizing implementation of the disengagement plan, due to Sharon’s deteriorating health.



The State Comptroller, Micha Lindenstrauss, a retired judge, has prepared a report critical of the government’s handling of the disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria, and its treatment of the Jewish refugees who were forced from their homes.



The report examines the entire disengagement process, beginning with setting up the Expulsion Authority, known officially as the Sela Adminstration, up until the actual expulsion and efforts to resettle the refugees. The report also looks at the effects of the disengagement on communities bordering the Gaza district.



Lindenstrauss said the report, which was supposed to be published this week, would not be released “due to Prime Minister Sharon’s health condition.”



After assuming his post last June, Lindenstrauss said that he intended to investigate and issue a report relating to the disengagement process. He said he wanted his office to start examining “ongoing events, such as the disengagement whose implementation was dependent on complex staff work and allocation of resources.”



Lindenstrauss did not set a new date for publishing the report, and is expected to hold it back so long as Sharon remains in the intensive care unit of Hadassah Hospital.