Attorney General Menahem Mazuz indicated on Tuesday that he will consider indicting former president Moshe Katsav for the most serious offenses he was accused of, after the latter announced Tuesday that he was calling off the plea bargain with the state prosecution.

In statement issue in the afternoon, Mazuz said the decision reached by Moshe Katsav's attorneys was hard to fathom and added that "the implications of this move are probably clear to Moshe Katsav."

"Before the signing of the plea bargain, our clear tendency was to indict Katsav for the most serious offenses he was suspected of, despite the difficulties this would entail. Now that the plea bargain has been called off, the necessary decision will soon be made."

Earlier at the court, prosecutor Irit Baumhorn said she was sorry for "the defense's fickle behavior and conduct. We have returned to the point we were at before the signing of the plea bargain. We will decide on an indictment in the next few days."

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