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Bezeq Telecommunications Majority Shareholder, Shaul Elovich, told police on Tuesday during his interrogation that he had acted in favor of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coverage on Walla's website News. However, he denied receiving anything in return for that.
"I could not ignore the demands of Sara [Netanyahu] and the rest of the family, I did not want to bore the prime minister, he is my regulator," Elovitch told investigators, according to the transcripts of the 39, interrogation reported on Channel 10 News.
Elovitch says that he spoke to Walla News CEO Ilan Yeshua to change reports on the site. "What were you waiting for? That I would ignore these requests? But I never expected anything in return.I did not speak with Netanyahu about the regulatory benefits or any of corruption agreement, "said Elovitch.
Netanyahu served as Minister of Communication, as well as Prime Minister, between 2014 and 2017.
Netanyahu was interrogated on Tuesday as well, for four at home, while Elovich and his wife Iris were interrogated at the premises of the Lahav 443 anti-corruption unit. Netanyahu's badociate attorneys David Shimron and Isaac Molho have also testified today in the case.
Ofer Vaknin
A statement issued in the name of Netanyahu said: "The Prime Minister has shown nothing new today.Net Prime Minister Netanyahu has never reached an agreement with Elovich In exchange for favorable coverage, on the contrary, over the years, Prime Minister Netanyahu has been consistently and hostile on the Walla website.
"This hostile cover reached its peak in the flow of toxic reports on the eve of the 2015 elections, with the aim of persuading the public to vote against him, which was precisely the moment when he was falsely accused of Bezeq -Yes case, "said the statement, referring to the accusation that he helped Bezeq to buy the satellite TV provider Yes.
The statement described the accusation of such an agreement "without merit" and stated that the Prime Minister has signed the merger after a series of decisions made by professional committees including the Authority antitrust and the Council for cable and satellite television. Directive of the Legal Counsel of the Department of Communications.
"The Prime Minister did not even see a single case where, as Minister of Communications, he did not approve the recommendations of the professionals, and he did in this case too, concluded. "
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