Coalition MKs: The declaration of tariffs on agriculture - a blatant violation of the coalition commitment
Following the announcement by the Ministers of Agriculture and Finance to promote the reduction of tariffs on fruit and vegetables, MKs in the coalition protested the move, which they said was done "without coordination and contrary to the agreement reached in the state budget and the Arrangements Law."
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23/12/2021
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 16:08 Updated: 16:37
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MKs in the coalition from blue and white, Meretz, Labor and Yesh Atid sent an urgent letter to party leaders today (Thursday) following the announcement by Agriculture Minister Oded Forer and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman to promote lowering tariffs on fruit and vegetables. Unilaterally and called it a "blatant violation of the coalition commitment of the ministers of finance and agriculture
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According to the MKs, the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Finance acted without coordination with the other factions in the coalition and contrary to the agreements reached with the approval of the state budget and the Arrangements Law. As members who understand the importance of the integrity of the coalition, we call for your immediate intervention in the developing acute coalition crisis. "
The MKs also claimed that the moves to lower tariffs on fruits and vegetables "could significantly harm Israeli agriculture and the integrity of the coalition," and demanded that party leaders open intensive negotiations on agricultural reform and intervene in the "acute coalition crisis developing."
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"A blatant violation of the coalition commitment of the Ministers of Finance and Agriculture."
Lieberman and Forer (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
The letter was signed by Deputy Defense Minister Alon Schuster, Deputy Minister of Economy Yair Golan, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Ram Ben Barak, MK Yael Ron Ben Moshe White Brush, MK Ram Shefa of Labor and Inbar Bezeq and Nira Shefek Mish Atid.
MK Alon Schuster later wrote in a white brush on his Twitter account that "Agriculture reform - issuing an order to lower tariffs in the middle of negotiations, is a frontal step contrary to agreements that were the basis for the agriculture section in the budget. "Agriculture in the Knesset demands the continuation of intensive negotiations with farmers' organizations, without the sword of reducing tariffs that ignores the overall picture."
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Following the announcement of the reduction of tariffs, the heads of the agricultural leadership gathered today, and raised a series of protest measures that the farmers intend to carry out if the move does take place. "The ministers of finance and agriculture have explicitly promised us and the coalition members that there will be no unilateral move and have set up a committee to examine the mediation gaps that have not yet submitted its recommendations and now, in light of the political polls, are once again threatening a unilateral and dangerous decision for Israel."
"After advising the guides to change professions, the Minister of Finance is free to force farmers to change professions as well, but in his decision he harms all Israeli citizens and the independence of the state," they continued. "The fact that the cost of living in Israel is rampant in all industries and not just in the food industry, proves that the problem is not industry, but a narrow view of politicians who act only according to what is right tomorrow morning in the newspaper headline and the number of seats in the poll.
"While the whole world is preparing for the effects of the climate crisis, government ministers with the support of the prime minister, Bennett choose to ignore the consequences of their decisions for years to come and lead Israel to abolish its dietary independence and land tenure. Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. "
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