Transportation Minister Miri Regev (Likud) indicates that the government will not obey the High Court should it choose to intervene and overturn efforts by the government to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.
“I suggest that the High Court not pull too hard on the rope,” Regev says addressing a conference on women hosted by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. “Because if they say no, we will say that’s enough.”
Her comments come a day after the cabinet approved a government resolution allowing a new ministerial committee to approve the dismissal of the attorney general.
The controversial move ignored the Attorney General’s Office warning earlier in the day that the step is illegal. The cabinet approval circumvents the previous procedure, which required a professional, statutory committee to be consulted before such a decision could be made.
The government and the attorney general have been in conflict since the government was sworn in at the end of 2022, with the government accusing her of serially thwarting its policies and actions, and Baharav-Miara accusing the government of acting unlawfully and advancing unconstitutional legislation.
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