The Minister of Justice will meet with the Supreme Court tomorrow regarding the appointment of the State Attorney. • According to the estimates, Ohana will prefer his own candidate, since this is a fundamental struggle for powers.

• Photo: Yossi Seliger

Attorney General Amir Ohana's meeting with Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit is scheduled to be held tomorrow (Monday), and will address the issue of Attorney Orly Ben Ari Ginsberg's resignation and an alternate appointment to the State Attorney's Office. The minister would prefer a candidate not from the list presented by the advisor, which may require a few more days to formulate and interview suitable candidates, but the battle on this issue is still ahead of us.

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The House intends to present to the Minister a list of a number of potential candidates accepted by him, and to allow the Minister to choose from them. This is in contrast to the procedure that preceded Ben-Ari's appointment, during which Mandelblit presented one candidate. Its own impressive.

The minister and adviser usually meet once a week, but this time it is a particularly tense meeting. Yesterday, the consultant spoke with Ben Ari, expressing support for her decision to step down from acting deputy state attorney, calling her a "valued and courageous step."

Orly Ben Ari-Ginsberg at Silk Nitzan Farewell Ceremony // Photo: Ami Shamir

At the same time, Mandelblit convened a meeting with the entire State Prosecutor's Office on the division of powers of Deputy State Attorney. At the same meeting, the advisor stated that the appointment should not be political. By law, in the absence of a state attorney, his powers will be transferred to the Supreme Court, which is the head of the prosecution and the last to make decisions even today as amendments.

Ministry of Justice officials added in a conversation with Israel Today that "the minister cannot win this battle. No lawyer, certainly not a senior, will not go against the stream from which he came. In the end, if the counselor decides he does not want a certain person as deputy state attorney And casting all his weight, no lawyer, who also has to work with him, will not go against the advisor and serve as a tool in the hands of the minister. "

Minister Ohana and Attorney Ben Ari // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

As I recall, Ben Ari announced last Friday to the minister about her resignation. In her letter, she wrote: "Trying to make my choice a political matter and present it as part of a move designed to harm the rule of law, or the discretion of the prosecutor's office - is regrettable and contradicts my conduct and values ​​ever or ever. I can prevent it. "

Ben Ari also wrote: "Despite the privilege of leading the State Attorney's Office during this sensitive period, I consider it appropriate to favor the public good and the public interest over my personal aspirations. Therefore, I reiterate my agreement to head the State Attorney's Office, so dear to me. To the Minister of Justice for the trust he gave me, I thank all the attorneys and many outside parties who hoped to navigate the ship, but at this time - the system and public trust are more important to me. "

Minister Ohana himself, in an interview with News 13, attacked the advisor's behavior and said it should be examined. "Obviously there were heavy pressures on Ben Ari and they eventually matured into Orly's decision, a kind of gun on the table." Ohana added that "I do not know what the gun is and who put it exactly. But it is very unfortunate for me that this is how the system works."