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Yesh Atid files petition to block attorney general’s firing
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After the cabinet votes unanimously to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party announces it has petitioned the High Court of Justice against the move.
“The petition states that the decision was made in an illegal process, bypassing all review mechanisms and intended to harm the independence of the attorney general and subordinate it to a political will,” the centrist opposition party says in a statement.
“The government does not want legal advice; it wants obedience. It chooses to give up on the rule of law, and we choose to fight for it and for democracy,” declares Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar.
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