Olmert hands letter of resignation to president
The Associated Press, Jerusalem | Mon, 09/22/2008 1:12 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has formally resigned. He handed a letter of resignation to President Shimon Peres. Earlier, he informed his Cabinet tha he was stepping down.
Channel 10 TV broadcast a government picture of Olmert reading his letter of resignation to Peres Sunday evening.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is already meeting with party leaders to set up a new coalition government. Peres is meeting with party leaders to decide on Olmert's successor, but Livni is the obvious choice. She supports Olmert's efforts toward a peace accord with the Palestinians. She won a party primary election last week.
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