Knitted news04.01.23 21:56 11 Batvet Tishpag
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Against the backdrop of the turmoil in the legal system and the political system, following the publication of Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s plan for a comprehensive reform of the judicial system, a news reporter here, Michael Shemesh, reported on an ultimatum that Levin had set for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, conditional on his agreeing to be appointed Minister of Justice.
According to Shemesh’s report, on the eve of his appointment as Minister of Justice, Levin made it clear to Netanyahu that “if I do not receive full support for the reform of the justice system, I will resign from the position of Minister of Justice.”
The report also shows that Netanyahu asked Levin to wait with the reform and give up parts of it. However, Levin refused and presented the demand for a complete reform of the system as a condition for him to serve as minister. After realizing that Levin was not going to back down, Netanyahu agreed at the last minute to implement the plan.
Levin denied the report, and Netanyahu’s office did not comment.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced this evening the initial plan to change the face of the justice system, about 13 hours before the judges of the High Court of Justice will discuss the invalidation of the Deri law.
Levin presented the main issues of the legal revolution: “I have been dealing with this issue for over twenty years. During that time, I warned of the harms of legalization. During that time, I formulated proposals for reform. Unfortunately, the risks that I warned against have materialized. Therefore, the time has come to act.”
“Today I am launching the first phase of the governance reform, the purpose of which is to strengthen democracy, restore governance, restore trust in the judicial system and restore balance between the three branches of government.”
“The first issue will be the change of the composition for the selection of judges. No more judges who choose themselves. Instead: equal representation of the three government authorities in the committee for selecting judges, the appointment of two public representatives by the Minister of Justice instead of the sectoral representatives of the Bar Association, and full transparency through the holding of a public hearing In the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee for candidates for office in the Supreme Court.”
“The second issue is regulating the disqualification of laws at the summit of the supersession. No more disqualification of laws by the Knesset without authorization. It will be possible to disqualify laws in the Supreme Court, with a full composition and a special majority. A balanced supersession clause will be enacted with a majority of sixty-one. On the other hand, there will be no supersession by the same Knesset in the event of a strike The court invalidated the law unanimously.”
“The third issue is the elimination of the reason for reasonableness. No more disqualification of completely legal decisions of the government under the excuse of unreasonableness in the eyes of the judge. Instead, the cancellation of the reason for reasonableness, and the return of the ability to decide to the elected government.”
“And the last issue is the legal advisers. The legal advisers as they are called, advisers. They represent the government. They should represent the government and not their private position.”
When Levin was asked if there was a connection between this reform and the Netanyahu trial, he replied: “The reform I am presenting is not related to one trial or another.”
In response to a question from Serogs, Levin said that the veto of Supreme Court judges to appoint judges to the Supreme Court will be canceled. In addition, he said that the retirement age of the judges will not change.
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