Attorney general says cabinet decision against High Court ‘undermines rule of law’

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara says the cabinet’s declaration today that it will go against a High Court ruling “is another grave attempt to thwart judicial decisions issued by the High Court… and to intimidate anyone who seeks to implement those decisions or rely on them.”

In its earlier statement, the cabinet said it “will not recognize any decision, approval, appointment, or action taken by the Council of the Second Authority as long as the council does not meet the explicit minimum requirements established by law.”

It did so after the court ruled that the commercial broadcasting regulatory body can continue operating despite lacking a two-thirds quorum of members.

Baharav-Miara says this position “undermines the fundamental principles of the rule of law.”