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Following the publication in Walla !: The Ministry of Justice demands that Lieberman attend the deliberations of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation - Walla! news

2022-01-18T05:48:22.833Z


The Ministry of Justice addressed the Minister of Finance and clarified to him that the Minister in his office, Hamed Amar - whom Lieberman is sending to the committee in his place - "cannot fill his place, and certainly is not allowed to vote in the committee." Against the background of the publications on the subject, Lieberman participated this week in an unusual manner at a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation


Following the publication in Walla !: The Ministry of Justice demands that Lieberman attend the deliberations of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation

The Ministry of Justice addressed the Minister of Finance and clarified to him that the Minister in his office, Hamed Amar - whom Lieberman is sending to the committee in his place - "cannot fill his place, and certainly is not allowed to vote in the committee."

Against the background of the publications on the subject, Lieberman participated this week in an unusual manner at a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation

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18/01/2022

Tuesday, 18 January, 2022, 07:26 Updated: 07:37

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The Ministry of Justice clarified to Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman that Finance Minister Hamed Amar can not fill his place on the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs only by virtue of an agreement between the two on the division of labor between them, "and certainly may not participate in voting on proposals. "Gil, Limon, before MK Moshe Arbel (Shas) on the issue of Lieberman's custom of not attending meetings of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, which was first published in Walla !.



Last month, Arbel contacted Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit regarding Lieberman's permanent absence from the deliberations of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation, and asked for clarification regarding the status of Amar, the minister in the Ministry of Finance, who attends meetings in his place.

The government decision that determined the composition of the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs explicitly stated that the Minister of Finance will be a member of the committee, and therefore no other representative from Yisrael Beiteinu can serve or vote on his behalf.

Arbel claimed that this was "laziness, disregard for the law and the rules of good administration" and asked for clarification from the ombudsman. After the publication in Walla!

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Lieberman (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The Ministry of Justice's response to Arbel states that an inspection by the government secretariat shows that Lieberman used to convey his position in advance on his votes ahead of most of the committee's meetings, like many of the finance ministers over the years. It was further stated that "if necessary, the Minister of Finance participated in the committee's discussion and also has the right to appeal decisions," like any of the government ministers. In addition, the Ministry of Justice clarified that the various professions in the Ministry of Finance, such as the Budget Division, the Accountant General, the Commissioner of Wages, the Tax Authority, and the Companies Authority, regularly participate in the deliberations of the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice clarified that from the government's bylaws "it is clear that even with Minister Amar taking part in the meeting of the Ministerial Committee, even though he is not a member of it, he is certainly not allowed to participate in the votes."



Against the background of the publications on the subject, Lieberman unusually attended a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation this week, and he attended a meeting from a distance from his place of isolation due to his infection in Corona.

This is the second or third time that Lieberman has personally attended a meeting of a ministerial committee on legislation since the government was formed last June, and he was supposed to participate in a telephone vote on the Citizenship Law and other laws.

At the same time, according to sources present at the hearing, there were technical difficulties in connecting the conversation and in the end Lieberman conveyed his position from a distance.

"Laziness, disregard for the law and the rules of good administration."

Arbel (Photo: Reuven Castro)

In August, Lieberman announced the division of labor between him and Amar, a member of his party who serves as a minister in the Ministry of Finance, as part of his and his deputy prime minister's absence, Yair Lapid, from Corona cabinet meetings.

"Minister Amar represents the Ministry of Finance in the Corona Cabinet, and I in the Political-Security Cabinet, Minister Amar is a member of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation and I am a member of the Ministerial Committee for the Arrangements Law," he wrote on Facebook at the time.



Arbel addressed the ombudsman at the time regarding the absence of the Corona Cabinet, and the Ministry of Justice made it clear to Lieberman that Amar could not serve in the committee by virtue of personal summaries, and the answer to the new appeal Following the inquiries and clarifications about the Corona Cabinet, the government has meanwhile amended the law determining the composition of the Corona Cabinet so that it does not require the membership of the Minister of Finance or other ministers other than the Minister of Health. On the basis of my name and my faction, but the Ministry of Justice's answer actually qualifies the finance minister's practice of being absent from committee discussions, being represented by professionals, and voting remotely.

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