A day after the Blue and White faction announced that it was boycotting all votes, as part of the defense minister’s struggle Bnei Gantz To increase the level of pensions for permanent residents, talks are taking place this morning (Wednesday) with Ganz in an attempt to agree on the legislation that will be raised today in the Knesset plenum, according to a source in the coalition.
Meanwhile, Blue and White may find itself embarrassed if its members do not attend the plenum, where it will go to a vote in a preliminary reading of the MK’s bill Dudi Amsalem (Likud) for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the “Fifth Dimension” affair. If Blue and White does not vote with the coalition, the proposal is likely to pass.
The opposition is aware of the shocks that are taking place in the coalition. In a statement sent this morning by a group of Likud MKs, it was made clear to them that there is no approval for the offsets today. “The coalition, as you know, is very fragile. The votes today are right on the edge of a vote because they are missing two people.” We can win the day if we all work together and arrive on time for the votes. “Whoever judges himself actually saves the coalition from falling.”
Meanwhile, the “Blue and White” faction will convene a faction meeting at 12:45 p.m. The coalition management stated that a request had been received from the faction regarding its willingness to join the other coalition factions in some of the votes.
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Chairman of the Yesh Atid faction, MK Boaz Toporovsky He said in an interview here Monday: “I hope blue and white will sober up. I do not believe in ultimatums and boycotts, it always hurts those who threaten.”
Chairman of the “Blue and White” faction, MK Ethan Ginzburg, Also referred to the crisis and said in an interview with the GLC: “We have always adhered to coalition discipline. This is the secret to the existence of a government. Not for nothing did we say this a few weeks ago, it was under the Citizenship Act. When everyone decides what he is voting for and what not the business will fall apart. There are parties and Knesset members here who have decided that they do not vote for such and such laws because it does not seem to them, even though the Israeli government has discussed and made a certain decision. When the government decides something, the coalition must back it up in the Knesset. ”