He did the crime, he paid the time. Somebody commits a crime - should that be held against him forever? if he went to prison and "paid the time time", should his crime still be held against him?
Omri Sharon was indicted and convicted of crimes with moral turpitude. Sharon sat in prison for 7 months.
He did the crime, he paid the time.
And now Omri Sharon is back, getting involved in politics again. Sharon has joined Tzippi Livni's team in a senior position of her campaign for re-election as head of Kadima.
Is that ok, because he paid his time? It definitely has a bad taste. Sharon was convicted of crimes with moral turpitude. You would think that in today's day and age a high level candidate would be overly sensitive to such questionable characters being involved. One wrong word, one suspicious incident, and the entire campaign can be lost (if it isn't already..)
Deri is another example. BinIzri will be out after Pesach too. What about Hirshson too? They should not be allowed to hold public office however again. I know a host of jobs, that people who have been in jail may not be allowed to work in. However it remains to be seen if Omri is going to run for the Knesset - yet.
ReplyDeleteI dont think Omri can run for knesset. he had "kalon" on his conviction and I think the law is a waiting period of 7 years if there was kalon.
ReplyDeleteI guess Mrs. Clean is cozying up to Mr. Dirt.
ReplyDelete7 years for knesset, 10 years for a cabinet position. if deri runs, than maybe the law will be changed to "banned forever"
ReplyDeleteDirty Omri, who never had any salient qualifications for holding office besides being Son of Sharon, now wants back into the circle?
ReplyDeleteI guess he's still Son of Sharon, huh?
"You would think that in today's day and age a high level candidate would be overly sensitive to such questionable characters being involved. One wrong word, one suspicious incident, and the entire campaign can be lost"
ReplyDeleteI think this is the case in America, but I don't think this is the case in Israel at all. I think we're so used to electing questionable people to the knesset, scandal hardly fazes the public at all.