Nissenkorn: Unity deal would allow MK under indictment to serve as acting PM

28 March 2020, 7:41 pm

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Avi Nissenkorn of Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience party says the unity deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to include a provision for legislation that an MK under indictment can serve as acting prime minister.

This would ensure that the rotation agreement would go ahead and that Netanyahu can serve as acting PM after handing over to Gantz in 18 months, as per their reported deal.

It will not enable an MK “with ministerial responsibility” to stay on as a minister when indicted, he says.

Nissenkorn says Gantz’s party “did not break up” the Blue and White alliance with Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid and Moshe Ya’alon’s Telem party. He indicates that they were aware of the unity talks and that “most of our voters want a unity government.”