The re-election bumps up appointments at the top of two major Israeli organizations • Outwardly, the system seems to be functioning, but for more than a hundred police officers and policemen have been heating their chairs with uncertainty about their future • Interpretation

• Standing Motti Cohen, Minister Arden and Gonder Asher and Kenin // Photos: Gil Eliyahu, Ginny

In the customary method, when a minister recommends the nomination of the head of an organization and the government is the one to approve the appointment, the Minister of Public Security did well when deciding before the never-ending election campaign not to decide on the appointment of a permanent commissioner of police and the prison commissioner, leaving the decision to the minister It may hold one or two electoral campaigns, but a third time is already too much. A hierarchical police organization, such as the state's internal security, cannot function as a 40-mph patrol car.

For more than a year, Motti Cohen has been in the police force and Gonder Asher and Kenin in the IPS have been serving as substitutes and trying to do everything about what is missing. Although both have been given authority to function as heads of organizations, the reality is more complex. Although the minister decides on the candidate and the government approves, a second later they are the revolutionary. They and IPS commissioners operate completely independently. When you act, you are treated like a substitute teacher, and the message that goes down is that everything is temporary. After all, a commissioner, every commissioner, wants to leave a mark, and that can't be done with Acting stamp.

To this should be added a decision made in both organizations, which was correct for the time, to freeze the appointments until the appointment of a permanent commander. History shows that every appointment of a commissioner and IPS commissioner results in the retirement of officers who considered themselves candidates for the job. This is the way the chief of staff assembles the senior command staff to lead the police for years to come, thus paving the way for the promotion of officers and officers under him.

But neither Cohen nor Kanin expected an endless election campaign. Although outwardly, both of these organizations seem to be performing their tasks and all is well, in fact, the freezing of appointments has caused hundreds of police officers and policemen to heat their chairs for more than a year with uncertainty about their future while eroding motivation and personal commitment.

Both the police and the IPS are facing a difficult and challenging period with a significant budget cut in the background, which will hurt future plans. Therefore, Arden did well when he decided this time to address the attorney general.

Now it is hoped that the only consideration the decision makers will have is the good of these organizations. And their benefit is the appointment of a commissioner and IPS commissioner without delay.