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Edelstein tells court his conscience won’t let him hold vote on new speaker
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleKnesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has responded to the High Court.
“I cannot carry out the ruling because it goes against my conscience. That’s why I announced my resignation. It will come into effect in 48 hours and after that whoever is appointed [speaker] can make any decision he finds right to make in accordance with his judgment,” he says.
Edelstein adds: “I’m not interested in defying the honorable court, but in light of its ruling I feel that I was thrust into an impossible situation and therefore I announced my resignation.”
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