Likud MK kicked off Knesset committee for not backing police recommendations law

22 November 2017, 4:30 pm

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Likud MK Benny Begin is kicked off of the Knesset’s Interior Committee for not backing a contentious bill that would bar police from making indictment recommendations to state prosecutors.

The bill proposed by fellow Likud MK David Amsalem is seen as a measure to curb police authority and an effort to limit the public fallout in corruption probes against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Begin’s ouster from the committee comes in response to his saying earlier today that he would not vote in favor of the bill unless it would not apply to Netanyahu.

Last week, the bill — which faces opposition from police, the state attorney, and the attorney general — was revised in an apparent effort to shore up coalition support for it.