Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he intends to remain in office at least until scheduled elections in 2007, after prosecutors said they were considering an indictment in a bribery case.
'I came here as Prime Minister and the chairman of the Likud Party... a position I intend to fill for many years, at least until 2007,' Mr Sharon told members of his ruling Likud Party.
Mr Sharon's comments follow yesterday's indictment of property developer David Appel as part of a series of corruption allegations linked to the financing of Mr Sharon's campaign in 1999 for the leadership of the Likud Party.
Israeli radio reported that judicial officials could decide in the coming weeks whether there were grounds to indict the Prime Minister himself.
