The Supreme Court (President Esther Hayut, with the concurrence of Vice President Neil Handel and Justice Uzi Vogelman) today (Monday) rejected the petition of six MKs from the Likud faction and the Shas faction that validated the Knesset plenum decision of July 12 this year regarding the composition of the standing committees. Knesset.
The court noted the changes made to the composition of the committees since the petition was filed and which were intended to increase the representation of the opposition in the committees and noted that in view of the high level of interference in internal parliamentary decisions - the remaining difficulties do not justify judicial intervention.
The court noted that the coalition factions needed the court's comments in order to reach a more balanced composition of the committees, but also found fault with the conduct of some of the opposition factions who did not pass on the names of the Knesset members on their behalf to fill the committees. Elected to the Knesset.
The judges insisted that the opposition plays a key role in overseeing the conduct of the government;
Poses a governmental and ideological alternative to government;
And ensures the representation of different groups in the population.
However, it was determined that the continuum of judicial intervention in internal parliamentary matters is particularly high and the very discussion of the composition of the Knesset committees - a clear internal matter concerning the working procedures in the Knesset - is not routine.
The court emphasized that in the exceptional cases in which this court intervened in decisions concerning the Knesset's internal affairs - the intervention was made to ensure proper democratic procedures in the Knesset, for example, when the party was denied the opportunity to file a no-confidence motion or a Knesset member The Knesset's majority demand was rejected by the Knesset Speaker to hold a vote in the plenum.
