Avigdor Lieberman: "I will allow freedom of voting in the presidential elections""

June 1, 2014   

Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman said this morning (Sunday) that he will allow free voting in the presidential elections. "Tomorrow the faction will meet to decide who to support for the presidency. I will recommend free voting. I know who I do not support, I have not yet decided who I will support.". The one he will not support is MK Reuven Rivlin, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement of support for the former Knesset Speaker. During the Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu merger, Lieberman promised Netanyahu that he would support any candidate he brought to the presidency. However, Rivlin is not popular with Lieberman, and the foreign minister does not see himself committed to Netanyahu's move, despite his promise, because it was made without coordination with him. ששת המועמדים המתחרים על תפקיד הנשיא: ח"כ רובי ריבלין, ח"כ בנימין בן אליעזר, ח"כ מאיר שטרית, יו"ר הכנסת לשעבר דליה איציק, חתן פרס נובל דן שכטמן ושופטת בית המשפט העליון לשעבר דליה דורנר. הכנסת תבחר במחליפו של שמעון פרס ב-10 ביוני בהצבעה חשאית.