The Moshe Leon for Mayor campaign leaders have filed a personal complaint against competitor Ofer Berkowitz, alleging his campaign has been “flooding Jerusalem with false posters and leaflets, and thus trying to incite the secular public against the chareidi public and vice versa”. The complaint was filed with Jerusalem police on Monday morning, a day ahead of the runoff election on Tuesday, 5 Kislev.

Leon’s campaign officials filed a complaint with the Jerusalem Police against Ofer Berkowitz personally, for alleged offenses of “forgery and fraud”, along with other accusations.

Before submitting the letter of complaint, Attorney Bossi, the legal advisor of the headquarters of Leon, appealed to Ofer Berkowitz to stop his actions and take responsibility for them. He explains that because the letter sent to Berkowitz went unanswered, they moved ahead with the police complaint.

“Berkowitz’s headquarters have been flooding Jerusalem since last Friday with false posters and leaflets posing as of Moshe Leon, and thus Berkowitz tries to incite the secular public in the ultra-Orthodox and vice versa”, Chareidim10 News reports, by releasing inciteful fliers as if they are in Leon’s name.

“This is serious because it is not just propaganda with a bad taste that crosses the acceptable norm, and fraud and forgery of election ads is punishable by up to seven years imprisonment.”

Moshe Leon: “It is sad to discover that behind a publicist figure lies an unbridled and quarrelsome figure who is willing to divide Jerusalem and incite the various sectors, one against the other as if there is no tomorrow and as if we are not dealing with one city. The yearning for unity and the desire that the mayor of Jerusalem be a candidate with ability, experience and responsibility will win the false fliers and the cries of Berkowitz.

“After the elections, I will form a broad and stable coalition to which I will also invite the Hisorarus despite their serious, not to say criminal, actions.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)