Hold primaries within 30 days, senior Labor MK urges battered chairman

28 May 2019, 2:45 pm

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Senior Labor lawmaker Amir Peretz and director general Eran Hermoni pen a letter to party chairman Avi Gabbay, calling on him to schedule primaries for within 30 days due to the looming possibility that Israel could be headed toward its second election in months, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unable to form a government.

Gabbay led the Labor party to its worst ever electoral result of six seats in last month’s elections and has told associates that he will not run again for the faction’s top spot.

Itzik Shmuli, who is No. 3 on the party’s slate, tells the Ynet news site that he is a “natural candidate for the position,” already throwing his hat in the race.