The High Court asked Knesset Speaker Edelstein to reply to five if he intends to raise the issue of voting for the 23rd Knesset Speaker • "Wait only for a short period of time"

• July Edelstein Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

The High Court on Monday asked Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein's position on whether he intends to raise the issue of his replacement by 17:00 this afternoon.

"Further to yesterday's hearing, and given the Knesset Attorney General's position that there should be no more than a short period of time to raise the proposal to elect a permanent Speaker to the Knesset, and given the Attorney General's position that it should be done as soon as possible, we will request - without setting rivets - get the position 1 (Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein), is it appropriate to raise this issue on the Knesset's agenda as soon as possible and no later than Wednesday. Respondent 1's position as stated will be filed today until 17:00, "the High Court decision states.

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Recall, last Thursday, the High Court ordered a hearing on the petition of the government for quality control against Edelstein. This was prevented last week by the Knesset committees and a discussion on the intention of discussing its replacement. Blue-eyed Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit replied yesterday to the petition Against Edelstein, saying that there is no impediment to holding discussions in the Knesset - despite the Ministry of Health's guidelines. A petition hearing will be held today at 4 p.m.

MK Blue Aviation Chairman MK Abi Nissenkorn recently informed Edelstein that 61 Knesset members demand that the plenary be convened to vote on the establishment of the regular committee and the election of the Knesset Speaker. Nissenkorn made a written request to Edelstein, signed by 61 Knesset members. In white and blue, they wish to elect MK Meir Cohen Mish Atid for the new chairman.

"There is no such thing in any democracy"

Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin responded to the High Court decision: "The court has officially taken over the Knesset, and today the Supreme Court has turned the Knesset chairman into a rubber stamp, with the Knesset and the plenary being run by the Supreme Judges. There is no such thing in any democracy. I call the Speaker of the Knesset To announce that it will only determine when the plenum will gather and what will be on its agenda.

Minister Levin added: "If President Hayes wants to put herself above the Knesset, she is invited to come to the building with the court guard and open the plenary session herself. So it will be clear that this is a reign of a handful of judges who choose themselves in rooms. Incidentally, the top president may have to give up For a while, her aspirations were to rule the Knesset, and she would finally be invited to convene the court to discuss the countless cases that await months and years of deliberation and decision, thus ending the severe infringement of litigants' rights awaiting vain decision.

Ariel Kahana participated in the preparation of the news