The High Court will hear today (Wednesday) the petitions against the appointment of Aryeh Deri to minister As I recall, several petitions were filed against the appointment of Deri to the position of minister, this is because he was convicted about a year ago and was given a suspended prison sentence. In order to whitewash, the incoming coalition amended the basic government law in a personal way, so that it will be forbidden to appoint only those who have been sentenced to prison in practice.
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Yesterday, the legal advisor to the government, lawyer Gali Beharev-Miara, submitted her position that it is not reasonable to appoint Shas chairman Aryeh Deri as a minister. “The clear conclusion in the circumstances of the matter is that the appointment of Deri as a minister radically exceeds the realm of reasonableness and is considered null and void,” Beharev-Miara wrote.
She also wrote that “Regarding the amendment of the legislation, the position of the Legal Adviser to the Government is that the petitions in this matter should be rejected. This is because the way in which the ruling developed the legal possibility to invalidate basic laws due to misuse of the authority of the Knesset to enact basic laws does not allow the court to intervene in the amendment of the Basic Law “.
In response to the comments, Minister Deri said: “The legal advisor confirms in her answer that I never committed to retire from political life permanently and that I did not violate the plea agreement and did not mislead the peace court by resigning from the 24th Knesset. I trust in the Creator of the world, believe and trust the Supreme Court In Jerusalem, which will convene tomorrow in an expanded composition of 11 judges, who will hear the voices of over 2 million Israeli citizens, including 400,000 Shas voters who want to see me minister in the Israeli government.”