
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has decided to oppose the appointment of Aryeh Deri to the position of minister, in the wake of Deri’s criminal convictions. The Attorney General is of the opinion that the appointment is not within the realm of reasonableness.
- According to a report on Monday by Avishai Grinzaig of Globes, Baharav-Miara believes that the petition against Deri’s appointment should be accepted and that the Prime Minister should be forced to dismiss him.
- The Attorney General believes that amending the Basic Government Law so that Deri can serve as a minister is a particularly problematic amendment, based on personal motives to help a person who has been convicted of crimes return to the government.
At the same time, the Attorney General is of the opinion that there is no reason to invalidate the amendment to the Basic Law nor to state that the amendment will only apply from here on out and will not apply to Deri.
- Last week, the Movement for the Quality of Government petitioned the Supreme Court against the changes to the law approved by the coalition and which were intended to allow Deri to serve as minister in the new government.
The hearing on the petitions submitted against Deri’s appointment will be held on Tuesday, in an expanded composition of 11 Supreme Court judges.
Judge Yitzhak Amit last week refrained from issuing an interim order to prevent the swearing in of the government and the appointment of Deri, and issued a conditional order instructing the State of Israel to respond to the petitions by January 3.
Source: Arutz Sheva