Israeli PM says he has asked for legislation on police investigations to be redrafted so it does not apply to his own caseThe Israeli prime minister,Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered his backers to reword a contentious piece of legislation that could potentially stifle a police investigation against him, and in what appeared to be an attempt to defuse rising public anger against the Israeli leader.
The so-called “recommendations bill” would finish the police’s current practice of recommending to prosecutors whether to indict suspects upon completing their investigations. It also aims to stem leaks from the investigations themselves,stating that no police recommendations be made public and penalising those found leaking to the media.
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Source: guardian.co.uk