Interior Minister Aryeh Deri says he trusts the High Court to keep him in place when it holds a hearing Thursday on his fitness to be minister.
“I trust and rely that the [High] Court in Jerusalem, meeting in an expanded panel of 11 justices, will heed the votes of over 2 million Israeli citizens and 400,000 Shas voters who want to see me as a minister,” he says in a statement.
The comments come hours after Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said Deri’s appointment was far outside the bounds of reasonableness, citing his repeated graft convictions for offenses while in office.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin is expected to announce plans for legislation that would forbid the court from overturning government decisions based on a test of reasonableness.
Israeli law does not yet exempt politicians from rules and regulations based on how many votes their party receives.
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