Kitka
10-17-2006, 08:45 AM
"Prosecutors have begun to draft a charge sheet (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-17T093914Z_01_L08132872_RTRUKOC_0_US-ISRAEL-PRESIDENT.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-9) against Israeli President Moshe Katsav after police said they had evidence he committed rape, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Army Radio reported that the state attorney-general, Menachem Mazuz, is likely to decide within two weeks to press charges against Katsav, who is under growing pressure to resign over the scandal involving female employees....
...Katsav, 60, whose ceremonial position is widely seen as a unifying force in a country of deep political divides, has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a "public lynching without trial".
Army Radio reported that the state attorney-general, Menachem Mazuz, is likely to decide within two weeks to press charges against Katsav, who is under growing pressure to resign over the scandal involving female employees....
...Katsav, 60, whose ceremonial position is widely seen as a unifying force in a country of deep political divides, has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a "public lynching without trial".