Retiring Director General of the Prime Minister's Office Harel Locker, This morning (Thursday) at the industry conference held at the Herods Hotel in Eilat, he addressed his retirement: "Yesterday I informed the Prime Minister that I am ending my position after 3 years. It won't happen that quickly, I am still the director general of the ministry.".
Locker addressed the industrialists' claims that the government is making it difficult for them by tightening regulation: "The prime minister chose a completely inexperienced person 3 years ago, who came from the business sector and knows the government from the other side as a client of the government. The prime minister's choice of me and the support he gave me for 3 years only show you how much Netanyahu values the business sector. He values industrialists who generate growth and who create jobs.".
Locker said that "on my first day on the job 3 years ago, a driver came to pick me up from home. I didn't know him. I was all excited about my first cabinet meeting. I opened the door to his house at 7 a.m. wearing a suit, and he said to me, 'Mr. CEO, I'm Dubcek, your driver. Do you have any cables? The car won't start.' I said to myself, God forbid, where have I ended up? Is this the government?
""But with all of everyone's criticism of the government, I found that government officials are hardworking and capable of filling any position in the public or private sector.".