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Milwidsky resigns as deputy Knesset speaker following appointment as Finance Committee chair
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Following his appointment as chairman of the powerful Knesset Finance Committee, Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky submits his resignation as deputy Knesset speaker to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.
He writes that the decision was made in order to focus on and show “full commitment” to his duties as committee chair.
Lawmakers on the Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday voted 10-7 to appoint Milwidsky as their new chairman on Wednesday despite an ongoing police investigation against him on suspicion of rape and witness tampering.
Milwidsky replaced former chairman MK Moshe Gafni, whose United Torah Judaism party quit the coalition earlier this month over its failure to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from military service.
The committee is one of the most powerful parliamentary panels, exercising oversight over issues relating to the state budget, taxation and banking.
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