Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s office says the ministerial vote on legislation designed to limit the High Court’s power will go ahead on Sunday as planned, despite a request from the prime minister to delay it another week, Hadashot news reports.
The so-called “supercession clause” bill, proposed by the Jewish Home, would allow the Knesset to re-vote on a law disqualified by the High Court, and thereby to pass the law despite the court’s ruling against its constitutionality.
Last week, Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, both Jewish Home leaders, agreed to delay the Ministerial Committee for Legislation’s vote on the bill to allow Netanyahu to meet with Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and then propose a compromise with faction leaders.
But coalition sources tell Hadashot that no progress has been made on issue since last week’s meeting even though faction heads have expressed a desire to reach a compromise.
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