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Netanyahu (photos: Yonatan Zindel, Olivier Fitussy/Flash 90)
Almost two months after the elections and minutes before the end of the 38-day mandate allotted to him, prime minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu informed President Yitzhak Herzog by phone that “it’s up to me” and he can form a new government.
Netanyahu officially informed Herzog that he plans to satisfy his government, which will be based on a coalition of 64 Knesset members from the Likud, Shas, Religious Zionism, Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit and Noam factions.
Prime Minister-designate Netanyahu told President Herzog: “Dear President, thanks to the enormous public support we received in the last elections, I am informing you that I have been able to establish a government that will act in the interest of all the citizens of Israel.”
Now Netanyahu will have to present the coalition agreements and the basic outline document and place them on the Knesset table at least 48 hours before the date of the plenary vote on the new government.
The heads of the coalition parties (photo: Yonatan Zindel and Tomer Neuberg – Flash 90)
When will the government be sworn in?
This coming Monday, Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin will announce that a request has been made to hold a meeting on the matter, and he is obligated to determine the vote within seven days, i.e. the deadline for swearing in the Netanyahu government will be January 2, 2023.
In the meantime, the coalition still needs to finalize the second and third reading of the legislation on the changes to the police order (“Ben Gabir Law”) and the basic law: the government (Deri’s training and the possibility of adding another minister to the ministry), this is before the formation of the government.
However, Levin can decide on an earlier date in coordination with Netanyahu, but it is likely that the Likud will want to extend a little more time until the government is sworn in, in order to allow the approval of the entire package of laws it needs to assemble a coalition and finish the negotiations with the parties.
Netanyahu and Levin (Photo: Yonatan Zindel/Flash 90)
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