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Chief Justice Hayut slams Levin over failure to convene Judicial Selection Committee
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut condemns Justice Minister Yariv Levin for failing to convene the judicial selection committee.
In a statement, Hayut says she “views the fact that the Judicial Selection Committee has not been convened very gravely.”
Levin has been holding off on convening the committee until he can legislate a change to the committee’s composition that will give the coalition greater control over the process of choosing judges.
The move is part of the government’s controversial judicial overhaul that has sparked widespread opposition.
Hayut’s statement follows reports that she met Levin to agree to temporarily extend the term of a public ombudsman overseeing judges without convening the committee.
Hayut confirmed the report.
The Times of Israel Community.