Minister of Finance blocked two laws that prohibit price expropriation in war and fines for companies that do so. Economy Minister Nir Barkat is a member of the Chairman of the Economic Committee David Bitan and the law will be promoted in the committee today.
If the law had been passed then, it might have been possible to prevent the economically unjustified and socially immoral price increases, writes Vala. Vala: The only objection he could express would be in a vote against him in the Knesset.