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Monday, January 30, 2023
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Monday, January 30, 2023
Shas pushes bill to ban judges from interfering in ministerial appointments
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) reads a letter to Shas chair Aryeh Deri, informing Deri that he must remove him from ministerial office, at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 22, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
The Shas party submits a bill that will prevent justices from interfering with the appointment of cabinet ministers, a week after the High Court of Justice ruled that Shas chief Aryeh Deri could not be a minister.
According to a draft version of the bill, the court system, “including the Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice, is not authorized to judicially audit the appointments of ministers and their identities.”
According to Ynet, the full coalition is expected to back the legislation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to advance Knesset legislation to allow Deri to return to the post of minister despite the High Court ruling.
