Following ultra-Orthodox opposition: Likud overturns Gamliel's bill to reduce HDP bags

Netanyahu asked Gamliel to withdraw the proposal, and after she refused, ordered the opposition to drop the bill.

The coalition decided to support the law, but Mansour Abbas mistakenly voted against.

Abbas sought to amend his vote but legal advice refused

Yaki Adamkar

25/05/2022

Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 19:16 Updated: 19:59

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The Likud today (Wednesday) dropped the party member Gila Gamliel's bill to reduce the use of disposable bags.

This, after earlier today the ultra-Orthodox parties expressed opposition to the bill.

During the day, Netanyahu asked Gamliel to withdraw the offer - but she refused.

Gamliel, Yurai Lahav Herzno (Yesh Atid) Michal Rosin (Meretz), today introduced in the plenum bills on reducing the use of disposable bags.

However, Gamliel's bill led to strong opposition from ultra-Orthodox Knesset members.

Earlier in the day, opposition leader Magliel asked to withdraw the proposal following opposition, but she refused and the bill went up for a vote. In response, the opposition voted against the bill.

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Refused to withdraw the bill (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

Due to the opposition's opposition to the proposal, the coalition decided to support Gamliel's proposal.

However, MK Mansour Abbas mistakenly voted against the bill in favor of it. Abbas asked for his vote to be amended, and Speaker Zvika Hauser, who chaired the plenum, accepted the amendment

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The plenum went on hiatus to get a legal opinion, and at its reunion the legal counsel announced that Abbas' vote could not be changed retrospectively.

Legal advice announced that Abbas' vote could not be changed retrospectively (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The proposals sought to oblige all retail dealers to charge a fee for disposable carrier bags, with the fee charged by non-large retailers becoming part of those dealers' regular income.

In addition, it was proposed to increase the maximum amount of the levy imposed on the use of bags from 60 agorot to one shekel.

It was also proposed to stipulate that the purposes of the levy funds would also include cleaning of waste and disposable bags all over the country, including in open areas and urban areas.

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