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Wednesday, August 2, 2023
In apparent split with AG, Knesset adviser asks to file separate motion on recusal law
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The Knesset legal adviser has asked the High Court of Justice to be allowed to file a separate motion in a hearing next week against a law passed in March that prevents the court from ordering a prime minister to recuse himself from office.
The rare move represents a rare split with Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who in an extraordinary filing last week requested that the court strike down the law; if her stance is accepted, it would mark the first time the court struck down one of Israel’s quasi-constitutional Basic Laws.
“It is not possible to overstate the precedent of the position of the attorney general. The court has never nullified a basic law and the AG is seeking to do so for the first time,” writes Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik, according to the Walla news site.
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