This is a hearing in a petition regarding the granting of a firearms license. • As mentioned, the Minister of Public Prosecutions informed the ombudsman that he did not represent him on the issue. • Mandelblit responded:
Mandelblit and Ohana, November 2019
Photography:
Yossi Zeliger
The High Court ruled today (Sunday) that Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana will not be able to represent himself at a hearing to be held in a petition concerning the granting of a private gun license.
Earlier this month, the Minister informed Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and the court that the attorney general did not represent him and the Ministry of Internal Security at the High Court hearing in the petition mentioned above, due to a legal dispute on the subject.
Justices Uzi Vogelman, Noam Solberg and Menachem Mazuz wrote in their decision: The said notice was to be submitted, and we are ordering its removal from the file. "
"You do not represent me in this case"
The petition demands that the determination of criteria for the granting of a private license be required to be anchored in regulations established with the approval of a Knesset committee, unlike the current situation in which administrative instructions on behalf of the Minister of Internal Security can be satisfied.
The petition was filed by the Gun on the Kitchen Table Association along with other organizations.
"I would like to inform you that you do not represent me and my office in this case," the minister wrote to the adviser, to which he replied: "Your notice regarding the termination of representation is invalid."
Earlier, the minister asked the councilor to approve a private representation on the issue - and they replied in the negative.
The Minister is of the opinion that the determination of the criteria for granting a firearms license is an administrative directive, and should therefore be subject to the Minister's discretion.
On the other hand, the Adviser decided that the distinctions should be determined in secondary legislation, because they constitute a "regulation with legislative effect".
Last September, the two held a hearing, in which the minister tried to persuade the counsel not to agree to a conditional order as requested by the petitioners, contrary to the government's opinion on the matter.
He further informed the counsel that the legislature had expressly stated that the Minister would determine the conditions of eligibility and training required for obtaining a license to carry a weapon.
After the adviser remained in his mind, the minister asked to be released from his representation.
As stated, he was denied and informed the court that he is no longer represented by the counsel.