Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi claims that “the dictatorship is here” as the Judicial Selection Committee is set to meet to select a Supreme Court chief justice.
The Likud minister says the meeting is being held as a result of “legal bullying,” citing allegations against the leading candidate, liberal acting Chief Justice Isaac Amit.
The High Court on Friday ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to convene the committee.
Adhering to the court order, the committee’s secretariat announced that members would convene at 2:30 p.m. today.
Levin has resisted filling the position for 15 months since the previous chief justice retired. Under the so-called seniority method, Amit, the longest-serving justice, is all but certain to be confirmed, and Levin does not have the votes in the Judicial Selection Committee to get a conservative candidate confirmed instead.
For his part, Levin intends to boycott the meeting.
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