Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky says the approval by the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of judicial overhaul legislation for a first reading in the Knesset plenum amounts to an open threat against the opposition and insists that compromise negotiations under such circumstances are impossible.
“They have put a loaded gun on the table. Can you negotiate in such a situation?” she asked, speaking with The Times of Israel.
The opposition lawmaker also points out that after the votes on the legislation changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, the head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, Simcha Rothman, continued hearings on legislation dealing with other aspects of the government’s overhaul of the judiciary, specifically the override clause allowing the Knesset to re-legislate laws struck down by the High Court of Justice.
Malinovsky insists that until the coalition halts its legislative process, there can be no negotiation on any compromise solution.
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