According to reports, former Shas Party leader Rav Aryeh Deri has received the ‘green light’ from Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita to run in the Yerushalayim mayoral race. It is now likely that Deri will turn to President Shimon Peres to remove the ‘moral turpitude’ stain on his record which prohibits him from holding public office. The stain is the result of a conviction and it is valid for a seven-year period.
Deri has been in contact with Rav Ovadia and apparently was told if he decides to enter the mayoral race, he will receive Shas’ support. As the Deri campaign begins to actualize, the ‘chareidi candidate,’ Rav Meir Porush, also visited Rav Ovadia Shlita on Tuesday night, also seeking Shas’ endorsement in the race. Porush is well aware that if there are two chareidi candidates, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, the split in the votes could result in a victory for a secular candidate.
Shas’ Council of Torah Sages is expected to convene to render a decision as to which of the candidates the party will support in the Jerusalem mayoral race.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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7 Responses
Go Rav Deri!!! Make us proud!
to #1 .dont be an idiot .you know the secular zionist courts are balony.
Just proves that criminals can be rehabilitated and become productive citizens!
If deri decides to run and is allowed, porush should step down. The man does not even have total support from his own UTJ party… refer to Ravitz “porush not worthy” comments…
thank hashem for shas.
Now the fun begins, Nir from the Secular, Deri from the Shas group and Porush endorsed by who knows who!! Keep Uri on and at least the next mayor with be a Torah individual.
#3
Way to harsh! disgree but be civilized!!
At least Deri was convicted and served time BEFORE running for public office – making him transparent to his voters. However, Olmert and others were under suspicion, investigated and had/have alleged accusations made against them WHILE in office. Which is worse? Can we be the judges? Yom Ha Din is coming. Let each of these politicians pray to be forgiven and live and honest life (ha!) and serve the public to the best of THE PUBLIC’s interest, not their own and that of their friends and cronies.