Lapid threatens to turn to High Court if judicial appointments panel is not convened
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid sends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin a letter threatening to petition the High Court of Justice to force Levin to convene the panel, if it is not done in 14 days.
Lapid’s letter, sent to Netanyahu and Levin by a law firm retained by Yesh Atid, alleges that Levin has “no discretion” to decide whether to convene the Judicial Selection Committee, but rather must to so, in line with the Courts Law.
The party says that “the decision not to elect a minister to serve on the committee, much like the decision not to convene the committee, stems from personal and political considerations that the justice minister is not authorized to consider.”
