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Live: The Struggle for Immunity Launches | Israel today

2020-01-13T09:41:26.631Z


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After the Judiciary passed the opinion that no convention should be prevented, the Regulatory Committee convened • The big question: Will the fateful vote take place before the election?

  • PM Netanyahu // Photo: AFP

Direct Broadcast: The Knesset Regular Committee (which manages Knesset affairs during the election period) meets this morning (Monday) to confirm the establishment of the Knesset Committee, which will discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for immunity.

Chairman of the Committee MK Avi Nissenkorn (blue-and-white) decided to convene the committee immediately after the Knesset's opinion was published yesterday by Adv. Eyal Yanun, stating that the Speaker of the Knesset is not allowed to hold hearings on immunity The elections and after the Knesset was dissolved.

Direct broadcast by committee committee // Photo: Knesset channel

A heated and vocal debate should be expected as Likud and right-wing parties will make every effort to delay and disrupt the discussions to gain time and postpone the vote.

Yesterday, Likud tried to prevent Yinon's opinion from being published by the Supreme Court. In a petition filed by Attorney Michael Ravillo, Avi Halevi and Roy Schechter, they asked the High Court to order the Knesset to refrain from submitting the opinion because of the conflict Since his spouse was part of the team that decided to indict Netanyahu, however, a Supreme Court judge rejected the request to hear her body on Wednesday.

MK Nissenkorn said that after the regular committee decides on the establishment of a Knesset committee, the resolution must be approved by the Knesset plenum. Discussion.

Nissenkorn estimated that the discussions on immunity and voting could be finalized even before the elections. At the same time, the Knesset committee intends to discuss MK Haim Katz's (Likud) immunity request, which also sought immunity from prosecution.

Once the regular committee approves the establishment of the Knesset Committee, it is necessary to bring the decision to approve the plenum. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein made it clear yesterday that he does not intend to "speed up or slow down" the pace of the plenary debate on this issue, and therefore efforts by blue-and-white heads to expedite the establishment of the Knesset committee's approval may be difficult.

Source: israelhayom

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