After it was revealed that Netanyahu would prefer a compromise with Blue and White on the budget issue in exchange for appointments, Minister Akonis says: "Israel needs a budget and not elections" • "A party that received a huge majority should influence the country's future" • Lapid: "Bibi wants blue and white to surrender unconditionally"
Reactions in the political system, right and left, following the publication in "Israel Today", according to which Prime Minister Netanyahu will prefer control over the appointment of senior officials and in return will give up blue and white over his demand for an annual budget.
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Mati Tochfeld reported in "Israel Today" that "Netanyahu is in the midst of feverish negotiations with blue and white. Not on the budget. The budget has always been just an excuse. Not only Netanyahu, but also Ganz. What concerns the prime minister are completely different things." .
"Senior appointments, for example. According to the coalition agreement, an advisory committee for appointments is to be set up. Netanyahu is mainly interested in two: the ombudsman and the commissioner. But the committee has not been set up. Netanyahu blames Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn for the delay. Nissenkorn will allow him to hold on to appointments, the prime minister may give up on the budget. "
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Minister Ophir Akunis told "Here News": "No one was preparing for the election - this is not the Likud's policy. The prime minister also thinks this is not true for the country. A biennial budget is largely correct, but the situation requires a different view. Israel needs a budget and not an election." .
On the issue of appointments, Minister Akunis said: "The number of ministers of blue and white is a distortion of the will of the electorate. Changes can be made in the coalition agreement - nothing will happen."
On the Prime Minister's involvement in the appointment of the commissioner, he said: "If the coalition agreements had been signed today, they could have been different. A party that received a huge majority should affect the future of the state, the police and the judiciary. Would you want more than a million votes in a true democracy?" ? ".
Minister Michael Bitton told the GLC: "This week there is a 50-50 chance of an election. If we bring a budget for 2021, it will be quiet here for a year or two. "
On the other hand, MK Boogie Ya'alon (Yesh Atid) attacked the Prime Minister in an interview with the GLC and claimed:" Netanyahu enslaves the state's interests in favor of his escape from the rule of law. "The method, he seeks personal loyalty and not loyalty to the state. We see here the conduct of a criminal gang."
Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid also attacked Netanyahu in a tweet on his Twitter account: "So it was not the budget at all all this time. Bibi wants Blue and White to surrender unconditionally regarding the appointment of the commissioner and the state attorney general. ".