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Coalition leaders: High Court also doesn’t have authority to delay implementation of Basic Laws
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEchoing Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, party leaders in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition put out a statement arguing the High Court of Justice has no authority to strike down Basic Laws or delay when they take effect.
The latter point comes after the justices demanded Netanyahu and the Knesset explain why legislation preventing him from being ordered to recuse himself — which was passed as a Basic Law — not take effect at a later date rather than immediately.
“Neither does any court have the power to cancel the election results or enable a prime minister’s removal by recusal,” the coalition chiefs charge in a statement from Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s spokesperson.
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