Speaking at his Yesh Atid party’s faction meeting, opposition leader Yair Lapid rails at a coalition bill that would block judges from exercising judicial review over the “reasonableness” of government decisions.
“They want to ensure that there will be no judicial review over them, no public criticism, no way to cause them to behave normally,” Lapid says of coalition leaders. “We’ll see the appointment of cronies, only rigged [government] tenders. Corruption will take over the the State of Israel. Honest citizens will have no one to turn to and no one to protect them.”
Taking questions from reporters, he is asked about threats by some IDF reservists to stop showing up for duty if the law passes.
“People saying they will not serve in the army of a non-democratic country isn’t insubordination. As long as the State of Israel is democratic, we’ll continue to serve. I reject attaching the word insubordination to this situation.”
His stance on the matter is the opposite of one expressed by National Union chief Benny Gantz today.
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