Hebrew daily "Ma'ariv" reports that Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni has asked former Teva president and CEO Israel Makov to form a special taskforce to work on the party's economic policy platform, amid mounting concerns over the state of the economy and the dominance that Likud MK chairman Benjamin Netanyahu has over this issue.
Makov has already agreed to join Livni's team and is already holding meetings with a view to forming an economic policy task force with a remit to formulate a long-term program. The team will also propose a serious of measures that should be adopted to help the Israeli economy successfully weather the global crisis.
So far, Stef Wertheimer, who announced his support for Livni last week, is known to have agreed to join the task force Makov is forming, and other key business leaders and economists are likely to follow. Makov said that all those people he has approached have agreed to join.
Kadima is not the only party announcing election campaign appointments. Yesterday, DSP Group chairman and CEO Eli Ayalon said he would be accepting the Likud's offer to serve as its campaign manager.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 23, 2008
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