Wayward MK Biton has agreed to resume committee work, vote with coalition

Blue and White MK Micahel Biton, head of the Knesset Economic Committee, has agreed to resume voting with the coalition and return to work at the commitee.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met this morning with Biton in order to discuss resolving Biton’s coalition strike.

A spokesperson for Bennett shares that the two reached an agreement to return the Economic Committee to its regular operating schedule, after almost a week of inactivity.

Biton, citing frustration with the government’s planned transportation and agriculture reforms, announced last week that he would cease work at the committee he oversees and not vote with the coalition, with the exception of blocking any no-confidence vote.

Also in attendance were representatives from the Prime Minister’s Office and the budget division.

According to a spokesperson for Bennett, “the Prime Minister heard the Economic Committee Chair’s issues with the reform and decided to review over the next two weeks the reform and its effects on different population groups.”

Bennett is also expected to spend the next two weeks in dialogue with several coalition leaders in order to address the crisis Biton kicked off last Wednesday.