Text size  President Moshe Katsav's attorneys are demanding
special privileges for their client in the criminal proceedings
against him, arguing that his status as president warrants this.
But Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has refused, saying the
principle of equality requires the conduct of Katsav's case to
be identical to that of a case against any other citizen.
Katsav's attorney, Avigdor Feldman, raised this demand at a High
Court of Justice hearing yesterday on Katsav's petition to
receive all material relevant to the case against him, including
internal police and prosecution legal opinions, before his
hearing with Mazuz. Such internal memorandums are not usually
given to suspects at this stage.  At this hearing, held before
Justices Dorit Beinisch, Miriam Naor and Esther Hayut, Feldman
said: "An exception should be made in this unprecedented case,
whose implications are the resignation of the president of the
state and the filing of an indictment against him." But
government attorney Dina Zilber obj