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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Central Elections Committee head submits final election results to Rivlin
Central Elections Committee chairman Hanan Melcer hands the election results to President Reuven Rivlin as the president readies to announce who he will task to form the next government later today.
Addressing criticism of his committee’s handling of the vote count, Melcer tells Rivlin, “There were those who tried to undermine the legitimacy of the results by means of objections. Each objection was checked on our own initiative. We did so in advance by opening the committee’s discussions and by providing our results to the public in real time. Transparency is important, but it has a price.”
Rivlin is expected to task Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the next government, as the Likud leader has been recommended for the job by 65 of his peers.
יו"ר ועדת הבחירות המרכזית השופט מלצר הגיש לנשיא ריבלין את תוצאות הבחירות בבית הנשיא@ZeevKam pic.twitter.com/wFMI7nShRi
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