Levin accuses Amit of ‘repeatedly trampling on the majority of the public’

Justice Minister Yariv Levin accuses Supreme Court President Isaac Amit of refusing to respect democracy and lists a litany of complaints he has against the head of the judiciary, in response to Amit’s criticism of Levin for boycotting him since he was elected to the position.

“What did you think would happen when you and your friends took over the Judicial Selection Committee with an illegal order?” says Levin, in reference to the High Court’s order in January for Levin to hold a vote in the Judicial Selection Committee on appointing a new Supreme Court president, after he refused to do so for 16 months.

“What did you imagine to yourself when you forced a ‘president’ of the court upon the citizens of Israel who tramples on the majority of the public again and again?” demands Levin.

He also criticizes Amit and the Supreme Court for various decisions that went against the government’s wishes.

Levin continues, saying he is “dismantling brick by brick the fortress of lies that you and your friends inhabit,” and is “building the legal system anew as it was in its days of greatness, under presidents such as [Moshe] Landau and [Meir] Shamgar.”