Accused organization: Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber recommended appointing Adv. Yaakov Quint to a position without a tender • In parallel with the recommendation, Adv. Zilber asked to establish a search committee • Ministry of Construction and Housing: "We will re-examine the threshold conditions"
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Has the election process for the presidency of the Israel Lands Administration (RMI) been tailored to the size of a particular person? According to the Lavi organization, the answer is apparently yes.
In the Lavi organization's appeal to the legal advisor of the Ministry of Housing and Construction, Adv. It was argued that the threshold requirements for applying for the position of Rami were adjusted to win the position of Adv. Yaakov Quint - who currently serves as the director of the Government Companies Authority.
A series of defects
"A review of the wording of the calling voice published in relation to the position of RMI director," reads a letter to Spokesman Bamberger, "raises the apparent concern that the voluntary procedure taken also suffers from a series of flaws, which cast its character and essence and make it appear as a legal façade." He is known in advance. "
In an application to Bamberger, sent on behalf of attorneys Moshe Mazor and Gilad Ronen on behalf of the Lavi organization, it was argued that the threshold requirement that appears in the call for the CEO of the Israel Land Authority - ten years of experience in public and / or private sector management, including five years in senior public service "Inequitable" and discriminates in favor of Quint: "Such a threshold requirement is necessarily interpreted by the general public as an attempt to preserve promotion from within the system," it read, "when, by chance or not, the search committee was set up following the Minister's request to appoint Adv.
The letter further adds that, absurdly, some of the directors of Rami themselves do not meet this threshold requirement, as does the Civil Service Commissioner, Prof. Daniel Hershkovitz, whose voice the call went out.
last date
The Ministry of Housing received an ultimatum to respond within 24 hours, and on the same day Bamberger said that the ministry was considering accepting the demands: "I would like to update you that we will re-examine the threshold conditions," wrote the Ministry of Housing spokesman, noting the allegations. It is in your letter. "He added that in case these requirements are accepted," the period of time to apply for the position will be extended accordingly. "
It should be noted that today is the deadline for applying for the position of CEO of Rami.
In response to Israel Today's request, the Ministry of Housing stated that "indeed the issue is being considered. As long as a change is decided, it is understood that this will be reflected in the schedules."
Quint, who previously served as Rami's spokesman, was originally nominated to be Rami's director without a tender or any competitive procedure, at the urging of the previous Minister of Construction and Housing, MK Yaakov Litzman, who is to serve as Deputy Minister in the ministry, Itzik Cohen.
Recently, Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber approved appointing Quint to the position even without a tender, but recommended setting up a job search committee to grant the procedure a "kind of kosher certificate," which provides a good ability to protect the appointment from legal attacks regarding his kosherness and integrity. ".
In other words, Zilber recommended setting up a search committee to provide legal coverage for Adv. Quint's appointment.
In line with Zilber's recommendation, a call was issued to the search committee for Remi's CEO on October 28 - for a period of only 11 days. In Bamberger, the procedure is unusually expeditious because, he claims, there is a "clear urgency to fill the position in the face of ongoing instability in the real estate market," resulting from the corona crisis and the succession of election campaigns.
Artificial interest
On the other hand, an internal e-mail received by "Israel Today" shows that the current CEO of Rami, Adiel Shimron, informed the Minister of Housing and his deputy that he does not intend to leave the position, until a replacement is found: "I informed them In order to maintain the proper functioning of the authority, "Shimron wrote to his employees.
In view of this, factors Brm"i and the Ministry of Housing visitors to the conduct argue that the urgency of the search committee is interested artificially to justify the appointment accelerated the Quinta before will disperse the Knesset, due to the precarious situation of the coalition.
Following recent events considering the possibility of giving up the appointment of Quinta role The director of RMI and to appoint to this position the current director general of the Ministry of Housing, Yair Pines. In such a situation, Quint will be his deputy.