Representatives of the Prime Minister requested a postponement of the date of the hearing of the petition regarding his involvement in the appointment of senior officials in the law enforcement system • Netanyahu has previously stated that he will not deal with this because of his trial
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyers asked the High Court today (Tuesday) to postpone the hearing on the petition of the Quality of Government Movement, which deals with the alleged conflict of interest in appointing senior members of the law enforcement system. Currently, the hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday.
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Petitioner, Movement for Quality of Government: "Opposing the postponement of the hearing. This is a petition that was filed in May and the date of the hearing was set in July. The situation in which the Prime Minister opposes what was determined in HCJ 2592/20, Postponement of the hearing in the case.
In addition, the Movement for Quality of Government is asking the court to order the ombudsman to publish Netanyahu's draft conflict of interest arrangement before the public and the court.
As you may recall, following the filing of the petition, the Prime Minister announced at the end of August that he would not deal with the issue of appointments. "The Prime Minister announced that for the sake of public visibility and without detracting from his allegations, he will not deal with the appointment of an Attorney General, State Attorney and Commissioner of Police," he was quoted as saying at the time. To add a respondent and to issue an interim order. "