Knesset Speaker: The Knesset Committee can be set up to discuss Netanyahu's immunity

Adv. Yanon stated that there is no legal impediment to establish the committee to discuss the Prime Minister's immunity, even though it is a transitional government. Blue and White are threatening to fight Edelstein if he blocks the commission. MK Zohar: "Delusional decision"

Knesset Speaker: The Knesset Committee can be set up to discuss Netanyahu's immunity

Netanyahu Immunity Discussion - Recent Updates:

• Speaker of the Knesset: There is no legal impediment to set up a committee to discuss Netanyahu's immunity during an election period
• Adopted by Edelstein; Will meet with Nissenkorn in light of the blue-and-white requirement to set up the committee
• White-blue factor: If Edelstein blocks the commission - we will fight a decision in impeachment or a petition to the High Court
• MKs in Likud attack Knesset Speaker's decision: "Delusional decision, forced and refuted"

Knesset Attorney General Ilan Yanun ruled on Sunday that there is no impediment to form the committee to discuss the immunity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even though it is a transitional government in which the Knesset committees are not functioning.

Yinon's announcement comes ahead of Knesset Speaker Edelstein's meeting with Blue and White faction chairman Avi Nissenkorn, whose party demanded the establishment of Knesset committees. Nissenkorn will deliver letters from faction heads representing 65 Knesset members who support the establishment of the Knesset Committee and discuss the request for immunity, as well as the establishment of other permanent committees to oversee government work.

Despite the Knesset's opinion of the Knesset, Edelstein must approve the establishment of the committee and its discussions. To thwart Netanyahu's request for immunity as soon as possible.

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In blue and white, the Knesset committees are required. Nissenkorn and Edelstein (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Abby Nissenkorn during his speech at the Knesset plenary December 11, 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

In light of Yinon's opinion and the fact that there is a majority for the establishment of the Knesset committee, the party claims that the Speaker of the Knesset has no legitimacy to curb its establishment. To political armor. " In that case, the party made it clear, the party would struggle with the decision.

Blue and white are facing two major options: to oust Knesset Speaker Edelstein from office, subject to the support of Israeli House Speaker Avigdor Lieberman during, or to file a petition to the High Court.

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The battle for immunity comes up a step. Netanyahu (Photo: Reuters)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu Announces Intent to Request Immunity, January 1, 2020 (Photo: Reuters)

The Knesset Speaker's Office made it clear that "bullying will not succeed, the Knesset is not a marketplace and will not be a platform for the Blue and White election campaign or any other party. For the past two months, Blue and White has been the head of the regulating committee and has done nothing to establish permanent Knesset committees - even when we were not in an election period. "

The bureau added that "the public understands that it is only for election reasons that MK Nisnekorn is breaking tools and losing tenure in a cynical and artificial way. The Speaker of the Knesset will continue to maintain the honor of the Knesset even when I do not like it. The bureau noted that Edelstein is expected to meet with Yinon, "as the procedures determine, and then formulate his position."

Gave the green light to set up the committee. Yinon (Photo: Eyal Yitzhar, Globes)

Il Yinon (Photo: Globes, Eyal Yitzhar, official website)

Likud MK Speaker Mickey Zohar called Yinon's decision "no less than despicable." According to Zohar, "To allow the Knesset to be a political tool in the left by the leftist election is a huge absurdity. What would happen if the Likud were trying to promote a law to increase the elderly and disabled allowances during the election period? of course not. Just shame and disgrace to the Knesset and the Knesset.

MK Shlomo Qarai of his party added that the decision was "forced and unfounded" and that "the immunity process is a quasi-judicial process. When it is held during an election, the applicant's right to try to convince members of a committee from the opposite political side is effectively denied. Does anyone really believe that a white brushstroke, for example, allowed himself to support immunity or even abstain during elections, when he is a member of the party just not Bibi? "

On the other side, the Democratic camp has welcomed the Knesset Speaker's decision, saying that the Knesset is not a refuge for fugitive criminals. The Knesset on an emergency hearing at the time of the retrial, the indictments and Netanyahu's demand for immunity. "

The possibility of forming a Knesset committee began to be debated after Lieberman announced that his faction would support the establishment of the committee, even though it was an election period, contrary to his statements from the past. Prime Minister Yisrael Beiteinu announced his decision immediately after the prime minister's request for immunity from the Knesset last week.

(First Update: 10:22)