Aristocracy-in-the-making
Apr. 26th, 2006 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Aristocracy-in-the-making
Н-н-да... Вот всё говорят про английскую аристократию, Итон там или Харроу... триста лет семейных традиций, потомственная ответственность в управлении страной...А это вы видели? (© Буратино)... И всё это за неполных шестьдесят лет. А что уж за триста лет накопится!
Впрочем, если бы все продукты искусственного отбора были бы такими как этот, на картинке, наверное, таких историй было бы поменьше. Ну, или кончались бы они не так.
Former MK convicted for double-voting
Former MK Yehiel Hazan of the Likud was convicted Wednesday morning of forgery and breaches of trust as a member of Knesset in a case involving double-voting.
In the verdict, the court noted that Hazan had had a significant, negative impact on the Knesset's legislative work and on the public's trust of the legislative body.
Hazan was suspected of casting his voice twice in a late-night budget vote in 2003. He allegedly tried to steal the voting equipment that could have served as evidence against him.
At first, Hazan denied the theft accusations, but upon learning that he was caught on tape, he changed his testimony, saying he did not take the system's "brain." The former Likudnik allegedly used his own switchboard to vote against the bill, and then leaned forward and voted against the bill again using the switchboard of MK Inbal Gavrieli, who was not present in the plenum.
Hazan had argued that the double voting was the result of faulty voting equipment. That equipment was replaced in 2003. The four ballot boxes that the video allegedly shows Hazan removing were those in his proximity during the double vote. After returning the equipment, Hazan changed his statement, saying that he had been permitted to enter the storeroom by the Knesset Speaker.
"On November 9, I received permission to enter the storeroom accompanied by a Knesset official. I was told I could examine the voting panels, but that I needed a special permit to inspect other parts," Hazan explained.
"Claims that I obstructed procedures are untrue. This was all a misunderstanding," he claimed.
A Knesset spokesman confirmed that Hazan was granted permission to inspect the voting panels, but only with the escort of Knesset guard. The spokesman added that he apparently removed the panels after his escort left the storeroom.
