Deputy AG slams cabinet secretary for ordering advancement of Haredi daycare subsidies

A deputy to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has written a strongly-worded letter criticizing Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs’s conduct in relation to efforts to pass a law guaranteeing daycare subsidies to the families of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders.

The letter by Gil Limon accuses Fuchs of acting “without authority” by ordering the treasury’s accountant general, Yali Rothenberg, to bring forward the bill’s provisions for the government’s approval, while threatening potential administrative sanctions against him if he didn’t comply.

Limon says this order goes against the attorney general’s instructions, adding that Fuchs lacks the authority to instruct the accountant general on how to act, especially when the order goes against the law.

“More than anything — you are not allowed to threaten a public official seeking to carry out their duties faithfully and act in accordance with the law,” Limon writes. “You must retract your correspondence.”