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Monday, February 8, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 8, 2016
Netanyahu says MK suspension bill will protect democracy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauds coalition support for the bill that would see MKs who break ethical rules suspended if 90 lawmakers vote in favor.
Given confusion surrounding what an MK will have to do to be suspended, he says the bill will specify the grounds for punishing an MK.
“I praise this since we need to ensure basic standards for behavior so our democracy doesn’t turn, in the words of the great American jurist, into a suicide pact. It needs to look after itself and protect itself,” he says.
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