Likud representatives urged President Shimon Peres Wednesday evening to task Benjamin Netanyahu with forming Israel's next government.
"There is only one person who has a chance to form a government, and that's Benjamin Netanyahu," Knesset Member Gideon Sa'ar told Peres. "There is no mathematical possibility, even on paper, for Livni to form a government."
Likud MK Silvan Shalom, who also attended the meeting, told the president: "We came here with the sense that the people of Israel spoke out, and this statement was clear and unequivocal."
Shalom urged Peres to task Netanyahu with forming the next coalition "in order to prevent needless waste of time and instability."
"To be honest, he is the only person with the chance to form a government," Shalom said.
