Bar association says ex-chief can still run for old job after court rejects appeal

28 May 2023, 3:47 pm

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Illustrative: Efi Nave and his partner Bar Katz arrive for a court hearing on November 8, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Former Israel Bar Association chief Efi Nave can still run for his old job, the organization’s election panel says, after the Lod District Court rejected an appeal to overturn his conviction for smuggling a female acquaintance through passport control.

The committee explains Nave can still vie to be head of the bar association because the verdict against him wasn’t “absolute,” as it can still be appealed at a higher court.

Nave, who resigned in 2019 over separate suspicions he advocated for the judicial appointment of a woman with whom he was romantically involved, said after today’s election panel ruling that he’s staying in the race.