The Supreme Court will issue its decision on the incapacitation law on Wednesday.
About 10 months ago, the Knesset plenum approved the proposed Basic Law: The Government (Amendment No. 61) by MK Ofir Katz and a group of Knesset members by a majority of Knesset members by 47 to 12 against.
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According to the law, it is proposed to determine that the Prime Minister's temporary inability to fulfill his duties will be due to physical or mental incapacity only, and will be determined by the Prime Minister by notification to the Government and the Speaker of the Knesset and with the approval of the Knesset Committee by a majority of 2/3 of its members.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Photo: GPO
In addition, the government will also be entitled to decide by a majority of 3/4 of its members that the prime minister is temporarily unable to fulfill his duties due to physical or mental incapacity; In such a case, the government will be convened by the prime minister at the request of 3/5 of the members of the government, and the prime minister will have to convene the government within three days from the date of submission of the request or at a later date if requested in the request.
Knesset plenum, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
If the cabinet meeting is not convened within three days, the cabinet secretary will convene the cabinet immediately and the acting prime minister will preside over the meeting. The Government's decision in this case shall remain in force for three days and shall be submitted to the Knesset Committee for approval by a majority of 2/3 of its members, and if the Government's decision was made for health reasons, the Knesset Committee's decision shall also be based on a medical opinion and the Knesset Committee shall be entitled to determine that the incapacitation shall continue for no more than seven days from the date of the Government's decision. It is also proposed that if the prime minister does not submit a medical opinion in accordance with the rules set by the Knesset committee, he will be deemed to have announced his incapacitation.
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