Lapid's law to disqualify Netanyahu marks the loss of consent on the question of how to change government • This is probably one of the basic characteristics of minority government with privileges • Opinion
MK Lapid in a debate from the Knesset plenum, May
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Archive: Adina Welman, Spokeswoman for the Knesset
The short arm of the left today numbers according to the polls about 33 seats; It has been shortened by almost ten seats since the election. Still, this short arm has become more violent than ever before. It is able to neutralize to a great extent the majority of the right which is over 60 seats. Bnei Gantz, who in the next election, not in the coming year, will fight for the survival of his party, can reach the prime minister in a year and a few months without significant public support.
The law passed by Yair Lapid constitutes a warning against Lebanonization; It means the loss of national consensus on how to elect a prime minister and how to change government. The absence of blue and white from the vote means that the coalition will continue to falter and survive the crisis, but in fact Ganz and his friends do not object to legislation intended for the personal disqualification of Netanyahu. Not to mention that Lapid's law gives police and prosecutors' justice officials the veto on power. This is probably one of the basic laws of the minority government with privileges.
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On the budget issue, budget flexibility makes sense in the coming months. There is no hurry in determining the rigid framework of a budget, when the state of the economy is changing rapidly and the dial of the level of employment, growth and tax revenues is raging. The thinking is simple: this summer more than a million people, who usually spend their best money abroad during these months, stay at home. Their money goes out somewhere. He remains in the country, so it must be reflected economically. Domestic tourism is probably flourishing. An economic flywheel could develop that would propel more circles.
From this point of view, the postponement of the deadline in the bill that will pass today in a preliminary reading, by December, makes economic sense. Whatever they call it, the budget that will pass is for a year. According to some interpretations, a budget from now until March 2021 makes sense because the Prime Minister thinks that Israel's position vis - à - vis the Corona will be clarified by then. Decreased infection, along with vaccines. It completely changes the economic horizon. But the direction will also become clear within a period of 100 days, as stipulated by MK Zvi Hauser's law. Therefore, this is a good solution.
Archive photo: Knesset Spokeswoman
The interesting thing is that everyone sees the necessary solution in terms of the "danger" of early elections. "We cannot continue to engage in the possibility of further elections as we count our dead. Do not lead us to this frightening low point," President Rivlin said. The problem is that the Gaza street riots, the bridge protests, as well as the trial against the prime minister, signal to the public that the epidemic and the "counting of the dead" are not really important. The fight against the prime minister is more important.