Olmert under fire from all directions: Knesset members from both sides of the political spectrum slammed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Friday over new suspicions against him announced by police, calling on the PM to quit his post.
National Religious Party Chairman Zevulon Orlev said "the new suspicions constitute yet another dark cloud on top of the heavy clouds hovering above his head. In an enlightened country he would have resigned a long time ago."
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The latest suspicions against Olmert "reinforce the demand that he fight for his innocence as a private citizen, rather than as a prime minister," Meretz Chairman Haim Oron said, while MK Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) called on the prime minister to resign immediately.
The PM "should not wait for his dismissal in the September primaries, but rather, announce his resignation immediately. The Israeli public is entitled to have a prime minister who is not facing criminal suspicions," she said.
Meanwhile, Likud Chairman Gideon Sa'ar said it would be interesting to see how the Labor party will be justifying its decision to remain in the Olmert government.
"Labor's membership in the Olmert government carries moral and public turpitude," he said.
Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) also blasted the prime minister, while urging Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to suspend Olmert immediately.
"Every time we see additional and increasingly graver suspects emerge against Olmert, who continues to refuse to suspend himself," she said.
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