AL QUDS: Israel’s attorney general told the supreme court on Saturday that President Moshe Katsav should step down amid a criminal investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations.

In a statement to the court, Menachem Mazuz said the president should “suspend” himself from office while the investigation continued. Police have already said they have enough evidence to charge Mr Katsav with rape and sexual assault as well as fraud, illegal wiretapping, bribery and obstruction of justice.

Mr Mazuz is now studying whether or not to charge the president and if so what charges he should face.

It could be several weeks before the attorney general makes a decision. Mr Katsav denies all the charges. —Dawn/The Guardian News Service