Lawmaker Claims Voters Offered Cash for Ballots in Rahat
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Member of Knesset Amit Halevi claims residents in Rahat were offered hundreds of shekels and fuel vouchers for their votes on election day. He presented these testimonies to the Central Elections Committee chairman and stated the Likud party filed 1,200 election integrity complaints. Halevi warned of foreign interference and called for investigating vote-buying allegations.
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- MK Amit Halevi alleges voters in Rahat were offered 400 to 800 shekels for their ballots.
- Halevi claims to have documented testimonies and presented them to the Central Elections Committee.
- The Likud party has filed approximately 1,200 complaints regarding election irregularities.
- Halevi warned of potential foreign influence and financial infusions to sway election results.
- He called for preventing the swearing-in of lawmakers elected via vote-buying.
Member of Knesset Amit Halevi of the Likud party has revealed alleged vote-buying schemes in the Arab community, based on testimonies he claims to have gathered during a visit to the city of Rahat on election day. Speaking to Channel 14, Halevi stated that residents told him they were initially offered 400 shekels and later 800 shekels, along with fuel vouchers, in exchange for their votes. Halevi asserted that he documented these testimonies and presented them to the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee. He also noted that the Likud party has filed approximately 1,200 complaints concerning suspected irregularities and violations of election integrity. Amidst the backdrop of the "Ra'amgate" affair and suspicions of foreign interference in elections, Halevi warned of the possibility that foreign countries may have attempted to influence voting outcomes through financial infusions. Halevi called for preventing the swearing-in of Knesset members if it is proven they were elected through vote-buying and demanded a thorough investigation into the serious allegations.
