Ra’am chief vows coalition will survive argument over electricity bill

Ra’am leader MK Mansour Abbas says that he believes the government will come to an agreement on the controversial Electricity Law.

“There will not be a change in the Electricity Law, we’re trying now to agree to a final wording of the law,” Abbas tells Channel 12 news. “I believe we’ll close the gaps and bring the law to a vote next week.”

The legislation in question would allow homes built illegally in the Arab sector — and in other areas, including ultra-Orthodox towns — to be connected to the electricity grid. An argument broke out earlier today in which Ra’am MKs accused Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked of backing out of agreements to also include Bedouin homes in the legislation.

But Abbas says that the deal is moving forward.

“Not every disagreement in the coalition is a coalition crisis,” he says. “The coalition is working, we didn’t just pass a budget, we also pass dozens of other bills every week.”