Government ministers and MKs celebrate passing a bill that will rein in judicial oversight of politicians in its first reading.
The legislation will remove judges’ ability to review the “reasonableness” of politicians’ decisions, if it passes its second and third readings.
Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich says, “64 supporters against 56 opponents for reining in reasonableness. Tonight democracy won.”
“We will continue in the second and third readings,” Smotrich says.
“We’ve begun,” says National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
Likud MK Shlomo Karhi says, “64-56 is democracy! and it’s just the beginning.”
Likud’s Miki Zohar says, “The bill passed today is an important first step on the way to fixing the judicial system and restoring public trust that has been lost in this important system.”
“Every few years, the people determine who is reasonable and who is not. That’s how democracy works,” Zohar says, referring to elections.
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