The counting of votes in the 2022 elections has not yet ended, but it is already clear that the right-wing bloc led by Netanyahu will form the next government. MK Michael Malchiali (Shas) spoke this morning (Thursday) with Golan Yochpaz and Anat Davidov on 103FM and addressed the challenges on the way to forming the government.
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At the beginning of his speech, Malchiali was asked whether the chairman of his party, Aryeh Deri, would be the moderating factor in the government: “Aryeh Deri today is the most senior minister, the most experienced political figure, based on the past when there were disputes or misunderstandings between bloc leaders, he always knew how to find the way at the end. He is the responsible adult, even in the cabinet on major security issues, he knew how to give the correct formula that is accepted by all the security and political branches, and also on political issues. Deri always knew how to find the formula that would be acceptable to all the heads of the bloc. There is a bloc that is clear about what it wants, we came here to implement the reforms.”
Later, Malchiali was asked about the escalation clause: “First of all, legal reforms, Gideon Sa’ar also claimed that they need to be done. There are things that need to be corrected. You have already decided that the one who will be dragged into the escalation clause is the extremist. It’s not that we are now going to redraw the relationship. In recent years, the status quo between the system The right to the Knesset was damaged, and only in one direction. It’s not that someone is going to educate someone else. I said yes, I’m just explaining that it’s not going to be extreme, it’s going to a very clear statement – it’s important for the Knesset to legislate. And when there is a body that comes and restrains the Knesset, that the Knesset thinks not necessarily always The correct one, the Knesset has the tools to deal with it as well. But there is no crushing of the justice system here.”
“This is not to cancel. Rabin did the first strengthening paragraph with Meretz and the Labor Party, and no one said the end of democracy. I say that we came with 65 mandates, great trust from the people, not to wait for what used to be. We came to work, there is so much to to fix in particular after the last year and a half. The heads of the parties will meet, they will understand what things are needed to fix the judicial system and other things. The next Knesset, unlike the previous Knesset, will not have a plurality of opinions, they will try to resolve all the differences,” he added.
On the possibility of canceling the crime of fraud and breach of trust, he said: “If all the heads of the right-wing bloc get together and realize that this is one of the things that is needed. Netanyahu’s trial is not on the agenda, they are constantly trying to push that someone is trying to cancel the trial. Not every law that is passed will always apply retroactively.”
When asked if the election results mean that the majority of the public thinks that Netanyahu’s trial should be overturned, he replied: “It means that the majority of the public thinks that Netanyahu is a worthy leader, who should and knows how to lead Israel at this time. This means that the delegitimization they did to Netanyahu in recent years was not acceptable to the people, it was acceptable For a small part. That’s why the people voted for the bloc that spoke clearly that it was going to recommend Netanyahu for the prime ministership and that is the will of the people.”
Finally, Malchiali commented on the possibility that the High Court would disqualify Deri as minister in the next government: “I don’t see the possibility that Deri will not serve in the next government. There will be no such thing as Deri not being a minister. The law allows it, and if someone decides to interpret the law differently, there is a Knesset that has come to work for that. 400,000 people who want Deri Kosher, a senior government official who will lead reforms. Our group wants Deri as a senior in the government, a person who knows how to fight the cost of living. If the High Court decides not, the Knesset will legislate and act so that he will indeed be a member of the government, there is no discussion about that. Aryeh Deri will be a minister in the government, there is no discussion about that.”
Assisted in the preparation of the article: Shani Romano 103fm