The Ministry of the Interior and the Local Government Center today forwarded to the municipalities the recommendations of the committee on the subject, among other things, not to pay more than NIS 70,000 to the artist for a performance
The end for wasting millions on Independence Day events? The Ministry of the Interior and the Local Government Center, calling on the local authorities to limit the huge expenditure on Independence Day performances and limit the payment to Uman to NIS 70,000.
Minister Aryeh Deri // Photo: Yehoshua Yosef
In a letter sent Sunday, Interior Ministry Director-General Mordechai Cohen and Director of the Local Government Center, Shlomo Dulberg, to the local authorities, the two call for immediate adoption of the recommendations of the special committee set up by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri to examine the high expenses paid by local authorities to nationalists .
The committee chaired by former local government center Adi Elder on Sunday made several recommendations, including limiting the payment to NIS 70,000, paying directly to non-mediating artists, providing a stage for veteran artists, and making events accessible to all populations.
Omar Adam // Photo: Coco
The letter asked the heads of authorities to implement the recommendations as soon as Independence Day. "For years, artists received huge sums, which reached up to hundreds of thousands of shekels for a short half-hour performance," Minister Deri said. "These scandalous sums were paid at the expense of essential services to citizens. Unfortunately, some authorities that paid huge sums of money for one short performance on Independence Day are weak authorities with deficits. This has no justification and must stop it. Independence with a request that payment to the artist should not exceed NIS 70,000, as I have recommended. I expect the authorities to abide by these rules. "
Haim Bibs, chairman of the Local Government Center and Mayor of Modi'in Maccabim Reut, welcomes the committee's conclusions and notes that these shows are the ultimate place to give expression to local and veteran artists.