Tzipi Livni, head of the Hatnua party and co-leader of the Zionist Union, the joint Hatnua-Labor list, may give up her option to share the prime ministership on rotation with Isaac Herzog should the party win on March 17, Zionist Union officials tell NRG.
Livni and Herzog merged their parties in December, saying they would share the prime ministership on rotation should they win, with Herzog as prime minister the first two years and Livni the last two years.
Tzipi Livni, of the Zionist Union party, held a press conference announcing the party’s political campaign in Russian, on February 22, 2015. (Photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Livni may make the announcement just days before Israelis go to the ballot boxes in less than two weeks, according to the report.
Officials tell NRG an extreme amount of pressure is being applied on Livni to forgo the option, arguing that the possibility of rotation is costing the party 4 mandates in the polls.
Livni is reportedly open to acquiescing to the idea.
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