Coalition to support MK suspension bill

Coalition party heads agree in a meeting to support a legislative measure that would allow a supermajority of 90 Knesset members to suspend a lawmaker who breaks ethical rules, according to Ynet.

The coalition heads also decide to fasttrack the measure, introduced Sunday by Minister Zeev Elkin following an uproar over three Joint List lawmakers who visited with families of killed Palestinian attackers and observed a moment of silence for them.

Currently, the most the Knesset Ethics Committee can do is suspend a lawmaker from certain parliamentary activities for six months.

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