Minister says he won’t abide court order freezing AG’s firing

Hardline Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi says he will not to abide by a court order freezing the attorney general’s firing, saying it “contradicts the law and is invalid.”

Immediately following the decision to fire Gali Baharav-Miara, the High Court of Justice issued a temporary order ordering the government not to change its working relationship with her, to wait on appointing a replacement and asserting that the legally binding nature of the attorney general’s instructions to the government remains in place until it issues further instructions. It had already said the firing would not take effect until after it ruled on the procedure used to remove her.

He says that she is persona non grata in his ministry from now on, “as are her legal positions, and that is how the government should treat her as well. A replacement must be appointed immediately! We obey the law. We are saying to the High Court — no.”