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Ariel Sharon's family waives right to car, driver
State continues to fund part-time employee for former prime minister , who has been hospitalized in coma for four and a half years
The family of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for four and a half years, has waived his rights to a state-funded car and driver.
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel (Ometz), appealed to the Accountant General's Office in the Finance Ministry three months ago, with an inquiry on the allocation of payments transferred to Sharon.
The inquiry shed light on the fact that the state funds a part-time employee who documents Sharon's actions, as well as a government car and driver.
Ometz claims that due to Sharon's circumstances, the State should stop funding a car and driver, as he is not using them. According to the Finance Ministry's response, the Sharon family complied with the request and the car and driver were returned to the state.
The State of Israel funds the bureaus of its former prime ministers and presidents. In 2010, the state paid NIS 5 million (about $1.3 million) for maintaining the bureaus of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former President Moshe Katsav.
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