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Thursday, March 26, 2020
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
Blue and White MK says vote on new Knesset speaker to be at 4 p.m.
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Knesset will vote on a new speaker today at 4 p.m., Blue and White MK Avi Nissenkorn tells Army Radio.
Nissenkorn heads the Arrangements Committee, which will convene at 11:30 a.m. to open the Knesset plenum for the speakership vote.
The vote comes after Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein announced he was resigning yesterday, refusing a High Court order to call a vote on a new speaker by the end of the day.
With his resignation not taking effect until tomorrow morning, the High Court last night suspended his powers and temporarily transferred them to Labor MK Amir Peretz, the Knesset’s most veteran MK, who will oversee the vote on a new speaker.
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