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Ben Gvir urges committee tasked with firing AG to convene Monday to get ball rolling
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir calls upon a ministerial committee tasked with firing the attorney general to convene on Monday and make a decision on her termination “as soon as possible.”
“I contacted [Diaspora Affairs] Minister Amichai Chikli, who is the chairman of the ministerial committee [and] told him: Let’s hold a discussion tomorrow, let’s invite the attorney general for a hearing this week already — it’s urgent, we can’t wait,” Ben Gvir says in a video statement.
“We will of course hear all the attorney general’s arguments but for the good of the State of Israel, this decision needs to be made as soon as possible,” he says.
In a controversial step, the cabinet this morning approved a government resolution allowing a ministerial committee to fire the attorney general — a move that circumvents the previous procedure that required a professional, statutory committee to be consulted before such a decision can be made.
Following the decision, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a member of the new panel, said that he and other ministers involved would “conduct a professional and fair process to examine the attorney general’s performance and examine her claims, and at the end we will recommend to the government for or against her dismissal.”
“The process will be carried out with an open heart and a willing mind, while understanding the centrality of the government’s trust in the legal adviser in her authority and performance,” Smotrich says.
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