"We haven’t yet decided. We've only just begun to negotiate with the two candidates, and both are worthy," Yisrael Beiteinu chief negotiator MK Stas Misezhnikov told “IDF Radio" (Galei Zahal) today.
He added, "We can recommend Yisrael Beiteinu chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman as our candidate for prime minister."
Lieberman told the "Voice of Israel" today, "Our position is clear, and I know exactly what I'm going to tell President Shimon Peres. We'll wait six days before stating who we'll recommend. I think that it's premature, and there's no point in saying now who we support."
Lieberman added, "I've met with both [Kadima chairwoman Tzipi] Livni and [Likud chairman Benjamin] Netanyahu, as well as other people in the political system, but my position is already clear and formulated. We'll tell the president very clear things when we meet him."
Lieberman is now departing on a foreign vacation for a few days, and will announce his coalition preference next week.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 12, 2009
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