Movement for Quality Government hails ‘tremendous public victory’ after court ruling

The Movement for Quality Government in Israel, a key petitioner against the government legislation, hails the “historic verdict” as “a tremendous public victory for those who seek democracy.”

“A government and ministers who sought to exempt themselves from the rule of law have been told that there are judges in Jerusalem; that there is democracy; that there is a separation of powers.

National Unity MK Matan Kahana urges both sides to “take a deep breath and keep things in proportion.” He stresses that “a High Court ruling must be obeyed,” while criticizing both the Knesset and the court for making landmark decisions on such matters with the barest of majorities. He says the next Knesset should reach broad agreements on judicial reform.

Labor Party chief Merav Michaeli says, “Even the conservative judges ruled today that the court has the authority to review and invalidate Basic Laws. There is no clearer statement to all the wreckers and destroyers of democracy. Israeli democracy will not give up.”