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Coalition whip: MKs who passed recusal law intended for it to apply immediately

28 September 2023, 12:34 pm 1 Edit

MK Ofir Katz, chairman of the Knesset House Committee, leads a hearing, March 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition whip Ofir Katz of the Likud party issues a statement appearing to respond to arguments by some of the High Court justices in the ongoing hearing on the prime minister recusal law.

Several justices have said the law is incomplete since it doesn’t specify its implementation date, opening the door to interpretation that could lead the court to rule that it only comes into effect in the next Knesset.

“As the initiator of the law bill and as the chair of the [Knesset House] Committee that conducted the legislation process, neither I nor my friends had a shred of a doubt that we were legislating an arrangement that would enter into effect immediately,” Katz tweets.

“There is no room for interpretation that goes against our explicit stance.”