Netanyahu's haters want to take advantage of the end of the president's term and pressure him to resign, in order to prevent the PM from taking the mandate • President Rivlin must adhere to statehood • Opinion
The parade of faction delegations to the presidential residence will soon begin in preparation for its decision on who to impose the new government train on.
In our view, if our regime had functioned in the spirit of pure logic, the president would not have needed "consultations" at all.
It was enough for him to peek at the election results.
Netanyahu, as the leader of the party with the largest gap, was the natural, but mostly logical, candidate for a government.
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However, in a discourse held in one of the studios, Gideon Saar's name was mentioned as a candidate for the formation of the government.
Yes, a failed storm, whose hopes of succeeding Netanyahu were reduced to six MKs. He, and not Netanyahu, whose faction is several times larger than the "new hope" that was shattered. "Because he will have to impose the task of assembling on Netanyahu, who hates his soul. This is a factual characterization of the president's relationship with the prime minister.
Netanyahu's haters are not silent: they want to take advantage of the late presidency.
There are hints that he may resign, thus escaping the constraint of appointing Netanyahu to form a government, if it mobilizes a majority of his supporters.
These pressures are like an ugly initiative to put on even the first civil servant a clear political cloak.
And if Rivlin fulfills the wish of Netanyahu's haters, he will be remembered as the one who tarnished the institution of the presidency.
All, of course, provided Netanyahu succeeds in recruiting a majority of recommenders.
At the end of Rivlin's term in July, will his successor also be pressured to appoint a prime ministerial candidate from a political camp, and not necessarily according to a quorum of his recommenders, as required?
As far as we know, Rivlin will reject this Ahithophel's advice to resign.
As in the past, he will instruct Netanyahu to form a government, if reality so requires.
In his last meetings in Europe, Rivlin praised Netanyahu for his struggle in Corona.
It therefore appears that President Rivlin will end seven years in office without a resounding presidential "zvang".
