mar 23, 1997 - Turbowicz says no to Bezeq
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Attorney Yoram Turbowicz, prevented by a Justice Ministry-appointed committee from becoming Bezeq's director-general on March 1, last night shocked Communications Minister Limor Livnat by saying she would have to find someone else for the job.
Livnat, who had nominated the former director of the Antitrust Authority for the Bezeq post, was very distressed by Turbowicz's decision and tried to dissuade him, but with no success.
She will appear today at Bezeq's board of directors meeting, where officials are expected to speak angrily against the "cooling off" committee, chaired by Jerusalem District Court Judge Yehudit Tsur, which ruled that Turbowicz would have to wait a year before taking the job.
The board will name an acting director-general; Livnat's choice was not known last night.
She told Turbowicz that his declining of the Bezeq position was a "loss to the company and to the entire public service, which deserves and needs the best."
The 38-year-old lawyer faxed Livnat a letter saying he was disappointed about the committee's decision, but nevertheless "respected it."
Livnat had intended to take the case, in an unprecedented action, to the High Court of Justice or ask for a repeat hearing of the cooling-off committee.
But Turbowicz does not want to appeal.
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