Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the chief of diplomacy Yaïr Lapid, two heads of the ruling coalition in Israel, will present a bill to dissolve Parliament and thus cause early elections, they said on Monday, June 20.
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After having exhausted all attempts to stabilize the coalition, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and (...) Yaïr Lapid have decided to pass the law (of dissolution of Parliament) in the Knesset next week
", they underline in a statement, stating that "
the rotation will be done in an orderly manner
".
Bennett and Lapid had brought together in June 2021 a unique coalition in the history of Israel bringing together parties from the right, center, left, and for the first time, an Arab formation, in order to put an end to 12 years without interruption the reign of Benjamin Netanyahu as head of government.
However, the Bennett-Lapid coalition agreement also provided for a rotation between the two men at the head of the government and the replacement of Naftali Bennett by Yaïr Lapid in the event of the dissolution of Parliament.
If the bill aiming to dissolve the Parliament is indeed adopted by the deputies, Yaïr Lapid will thus become the new Prime Minister of Israel until the formation of a new government.