Israel First party chair MK Sharren Haskel on Sunday provided testimony to Lahav 433 in connection with the election of the state comptroller, which the High Court of Justice ruled invalid; Haskel’s spokesperson confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
The inquiry was launched at the initiative of the attorney-general.
Earlier in July, Haskel alleged in a sworn affidavit that members of the New Hope-United Right faction were required to film themselves voting for Michael Rabello as state comptroller and show the footage to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as proof of how they voted.
The claim conflicts with the position presented by the Likud during the legal proceedings over Rabello’s election. It was not, however, submitted in that case.
Haskel signed the affidavit more than two weeks after the High Court of Justice invalidated Rabello’s election and ordered the Knesset to hold a new vote because the filming of ballots had fundamentally violated the secrecy of the election.
During the Rabello proceedings, the Knesset argued that there was no concrete evidence that a filming directive had been issued, while coalition MKs who published photographs of their ballots said they had acted voluntarily.
Haskel’s affidavit was submitted for a different purpose: to support her argument that New Hope had ceased functioning independently and was effectively operating under the Likud’s authority following Sa’ar’s political return to the party.
