Ex-Israeli PM Olmert is released on parole
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ISRAELI ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison yesterday after being granted parole from a 27-month sentence for corruption scandals that brought down his promising political career.
Olmert, the country’s first former premier to serve jail time, did not speak to reporters when leaving the Maasiyahu prison in central Israel.
Wearing a dark-colored T-shirt, he was seen exiting the jail shortly after dawn on Sunday before being driven away to his home in Tel Aviv, accompanied by Israeli security agents.
The 71-year-old, premier between 2006 and 2009, was convicted of graft and entered prison in February, 2016.
He was granted early release by a parole board on Thursday, reducing his sentence by around a third. Prosecutors decided not to appeal.
The conditions of his parole were not made public, but Israeli media reported that they include reporting to police twice a month and a ban on leaving the country.
He must also volunteer at associations that help the poor, the Haaretz newspaper reported.
He can request a pardon from President Reuven Rivlin that would lift the restrictions. Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked told army radio she would favor such a request.
In March, Rivlin rejected a request for clemency by Olmert, but said he could consider pardoning him if he were granted parole.
Olmert, of the center-right Kadima party when prime minister, resigned in September 2008 after police recommended he be indicted for graft.
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