Likud Files Election Violation Complaint Against Eisenkot Campaign Manager
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
The Likud party filed a complaint with Israeli police against Ronen Menelis, campaign manager for Gadi Eisenkot, for allegedly violating election law. Menelis shared a post from a betting platform showing Eisenkot with a higher chance of becoming prime minister than Benjamin Netanyahu. Likud claims the post was misleading and intended to improperly influence voters before the election.
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- Likud filed a police complaint against Gadi Eisenkot's campaign manager, Ronen Menelis, for election law violations.
- The complaint alleges Menelis shared a misleading post about prime ministerial election probabilities.
- The post showed Eisenkot with a 52% chance versus Netanyahu's 28% chance.
- Likud claims the post, from a betting platform, was presented without clarifying it was not a poll.
- The party stated the action was an illegal attempt to influence voters before the election.
The Likud party has filed a complaint with the Israel Police against Ronen Menelis, the campaign manager for Gadi Eisenkot, alleging a violation of election law just before the upcoming elections. The complaint centers on a social media post shared by Menelis that presented Eisenkot as having a higher probability than Benjamin Netanyahu of becoming prime minister after the election.
The post in question, originally from the betting platform "Polymarket," showed Eisenkot with a 52% chance of becoming prime minister, compared to Netanyahu's 28%, alongside a picture of Eisenkot in IDF uniform. Likud claims that Menelis, as a senior campaign official, shared this without clarifying that it was a prediction based on a probability platform, not a standard public opinion poll.
Likud argues that this omission is misleading to voters on the eve of the election and constitutes an illegal attempt to influence the electorate. The party emphasized Menelis's role as a campaign manager, not just a regular social media user, and urged the police to investigate and prosecute the case.
