Opposition to State Comptroller: Investigate the employment of Rafi Kadousi by Minister May Golan
[69900] Opposition to State Comptroller: Investigate the employment of Rafi Kadousi by Minister May Golan
Opposition Knesset members demand that the State Comptroller examine whether Minister May Golan employed Rafi Kadousi from her ministry's budget in violation of party funding rules.
Investigation at Minister May Golan's office: Were 'vote contractors' employed with state funds?
Opposition members reached out today, May 21, 2026, to the State Comptroller with an official request to examine the employment of Rafi Kadousi by Minister May Golan. According to the report on ynet news, the appeal focuses on the question of whether Kadousi's employment was carried out using the minister's office budget during the period leading up to the primaries, raising concerns about a violation of party funding rules.
The topic was expanded upon on the Amir Ettinger & Yuval Segev channel, where it was published that MK Vladimir Beliak, the opposition coordinator of the Finance Committee, is behind the appeal to the Comptroller. Beliak requested to investigate whether this is a "broad phenomenon where vote contractors are employed from the state budget and government ministries just before the primaries."
The appeal raises questions regarding the use of public funds to promote internal party political interests. As of now, the reporting channels—which tend to cover the political system critically—did not note the official response of Minister Golan or Rafi Kadousi to the allegations raised in the original ynet publication.