Ministry of Justice will examine the argument that the Minister of Agriculture is concerned with regulation of the ingots, even though his kibbutz earns a living from the field • Schuster: "All ministers are affected by their regulation"

• Contrary to matters? Oak Schuster

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Is Minister of Agriculture Alon Schuster in conflict? This question will have to be answered soon by Vice President Dina Silber. In a recent submission by the "Our Interest" organization that reached "Israel Today", the Vice President of the Judiciary is asked to decide "as soon as possible" if Schuster is in conflict with matters concerning the economy of which he is a member. . 

Schuster is a member of Kibbutz Mefalsim, which carries on an extensive activity that is influenced by the regulation of the various fields of agriculture - cowsheds, frogs, orchards and field crops (Gdash).

It should be noted that the last Minister of Agriculture, who served for a long time, Uri Ariel, was the engine of the laying reform only because his sister held a single coop. In Schuster's case, the kibbutz of which he owns 12 chicken coops, which grow more than a million poultry each year, yielding sales of 2,300 tons. In our "interest", they say that Schuster, on the one hand, "directly benefits from the kibbutz income directly affected by the regulation of the kibbutz branches," and on the other hand has a "personal touch" in determining that regulation. 

It was also noted that upon entering the Minister of Agriculture's office, Schuster began to act on these issues, including his appeal, to the Minister of Finance to raise the tariff on butter imports, thereby affecting the local dairy industry - while levels hold more than 600 calves and cows producing 12.5 thousand liters of milk per year. .

In response, Minister Schuster said: "Every minister in the Israeli government is personally affected by the regulation under which his office is responsible. A finance minister is influenced by the tax collector, the minister of transport is affected by the road infrastructure and the Minister of Education also sends his children to Israeli schools. During his tenure as head of the Gaza Strip's Negev Regional Council, as he acted impartially and with full cleanings as head of council and as a Knesset member, the Minister will act on any issue that is on his desk only in accordance with the legal advice guidelines. For public office. "

The Justice Ministry said: "The issue of conflict of interest will be examined as is customary, in conjunction with the referral."

Meanwhile, Minister Schuster announced yesterday the appointment of Nahum Itzkowitz to the Director General of the Ministry. Itzkowitz, Director of the Investment Authority in the Ministry of Economy, and formerly the head of the Emek Hefer Council, previously served as Director of Tourism and Welfare Ministries. Itzkowitz, who holds a bachelor's degree in agriculture and a master's degree in business administration, lives in the courage seat in Emek Hefer and will replace Shlomo Ben-Eliyahu - the CEO for the last five years, who was brought to his post by Uri Ariel.