The Court holds a meeting with senior officials about the opinion that it will pass to the Supreme Court regarding the prime minister's ability to form a government, despite the indictments against him • Mendelblit will tell the judges that Netanyahu can form a government "despite the legal difficulties"

• Avichai Mandelblit // Photo: Reuters

Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit held a meeting with senior Justice Ministry officials this Wednesday on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can form a government, despite his indictments. His response will be submitted to the Supreme Court for a hearing on a petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government.

At this point, the spirit of the meeting seems to be that there will be no legal impediment to do so, although it "raises legal difficulties and weighty questions," according to sources in the issue. This is because the Government Basic Law specifically exempts the Prime Minister from the restrictions imposed on defendants, and can hold office until a final ruling.

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It should be noted that last November, the Supreme Court ruled that Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit said that Netanyahu is not obligated to declare his retirement and should not resign as minister, following the announcement of indictments against him. After this post.

Mandelblit then held a hearing on the issue after various inquiries following the decision to indict and the administrative and constitutional implications of the decision.

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Discussions were debated over the Deri-Panhasi ruling, which supposedly states that there is a legal obligation for the prime minister to resign from the post of prime minister, in accordance with the Basic Law: The Government and that the law requires the declaration of

The adviser mentioned that in 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in a petition seeking to determine that then-prime minister Ehud Olmert failed to fulfill his duties, and that there was no need for intervention in determining the then Attorney General that the issue of temporary Christianity should be left in the public-political sphere.

"In light of the above, even in the circumstances, the issue of temporary Christianity must be left in the public-political sphere and there is no place at this time for a statement by the Attorney General that the Prime Minister was unable to fulfill his role," the adviser wrote.