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Labor chief: Coalition’s new proposal is a trap

20 March 2023, 3:21 pm 0 Edit

Labor party head MK Merav Michaeli at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Labor party head MK Merav Michaeli at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Labor party leader Merav Michaeli says the coalition’s claim of “compromise” in its new proposal for changing the judicial selection process is “spin.”

“It’s not a compromise plan or a softening plan, it’s Hungary and Poland on steroids,” she says. “It is the exact opposite of the principle of separation of powers.”

She adds: “We mustn’t fall into this trap. This government, like thieves in the night, has presented a new and updated plan for a complete takeover… of the Supreme Court.”