Sharon’s Kadima party colleagues rally around interim leader Olmert

LEADERS of Ariel Sharon’s Kadima Party have said they would rally around interim leader Ehud Olmert, as a new poll showed Kadima would still sweep March elections.

Mr Sharon’s deputy, Ehud Olmert, has taken the reins as acting prime minister and is trying to convey a sense of stability.

Mr Sharon’s collapse less than three months before national elections left Kadima, which he formed in November, in limbo.