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Local Government Against Minister Deri's Plan: Burdening Authorities | Israel today

2021-01-23T22:28:46.809Z


| economy Haim Bibbs and Shai Hajaj sent the Minister of the Interior a scathing letter, criticizing the adoption of the decisions of the committee to examine the structure of local government in favor of establishing a local mechanism • "The problems in the economy can not be solved by establishing a new and unnecessary layer of regional government." Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, last month Photography:


Haim Bibbs and Shai Hajaj sent the Minister of the Interior a scathing letter, criticizing the adoption of the decisions of the committee to examine the structure of local government in favor of establishing a local mechanism • "The problems in the economy can not be solved by establishing a new and unnecessary layer of regional government."

  • Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, last month

    Photography: 

    Dudu Greenspan

The local government has come under the stretcher in the biggest health and economic crisis the state has known and has initiated real moves to reduce morbidity, "reads a scathing letter sent to the interior minister, signed by Haim Bibbs, mayor of Maccabim-Modi'in-Reut and chairman of the local government center, and Shai Hajaj ', Chairman of the Merhavim Regional Council and Chairman of the Center for Regional Councils.

This letter was written in response to Minister Aryeh Deri's announcement of the adoption of the conclusions of the committee headed by the ministry's director general, Mordechai Cohen, regarding the structural change needed for local government. Main recommendations: Promoting the establishment of a regional government in Israel and leading a reform to decentralize central government to local government.

In December 2018, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri instructed the establishment of a team that includes former senior officials from local government and academics.

The team was asked to examine the "impact of the governmental structure on the functioning of the governmental system" and to formulate a reform to promote the idea of ​​regionalism and to decentralize powers from the central government to the local government.

In response, the local government and regional councils wrote: "Most of the issues raised in the report, such as the need to reduce powers to local authorities, the need to promote the periphery, the need to strengthen weak authorities and more, are important issues that need to be addressed and resolved immediately. Sage.

Unfortunately, however, these problems cannot be solved by establishing a new and unnecessary layer of regional government, which has no practical connection with the regulation of these issues.

"Not only does the new level of government not bring economic benefits to the taxpayer, but it proposes to set up huge mechanisms with hundreds and thousands of redundant workers, which will further burden the existing bureaucracy on local authorities, instead of easing it. We believe it can be a short and simple process. "Which can be a positive and helpful connection between the local authorities and the headquarters in Jerusalem and there is no need for unnecessary 'reform' to achieve this goal ... instead of a real process of transferring powers from the central government to the local government, all at a time when local authorities proved their true ability to lead a solution."

As expected, Cohen, the director general of the ministry, was furious at the letter and replied that “the letter is misleading and creates a false presentation regarding an important and unusual move for the future of local government.

The blatant and difficult writing style on your part against the Ministry of the Interior deserves all condemnation, and I reject it with disgust. "

Source: israelhayom

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