On the way to the elections: The political system is preparing to dissolve the Knesset, Bennett and Shaked are expected to meet

The 24th Knesset is entering a crucial week in which the bills for dispersal will be promoted, along with discussions and votes on the "defendant's law" and lowering the blocking percentage.

If the factions succeed in reaching agreements, they may already in the beginning of the week vote in the plenum for dispersal

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25/06/2022

Saturday, 25 June 2022, 18:26 Updated: 18:37

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In the video: Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid's statement on going to the polls (Contact)

The 24th Knesset is entering a crucial week in which the bills for dispersal will be promoted, along with discussions and votes on the "defendant's law" and lowering the blocking percentage.

If the factions succeed in reaching agreements, the law to dissolve the Knesset is expected to go to a vote as early as next Monday.

Tomorrow (Sunday) the Knesset's Constitution Committee, chaired by MK Gilad Karib (Labor), will discuss the law to dissolve the Knesset

. MK Nir Orbach (right), chairman of the Knesset committee who retired from the coalition, will delay the promotion of the dissolution of the Knesset in order to achieve political achievements from the Likud. And they are all expected to come up for discussion at a committee chaired by Auerbach.

Bennett and Lapid (Photo: Paul, Alex Kolomoisky)

On Sunday, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation will discuss two private bills on the subject of the law that prohibits a criminal defendant from forming a government, and will decide whether to support their promotion.

If these proposals are approved in a preliminary reading in the Knesset plenum, the Knesset committee headed by Auerbach is the one expected to discuss them, but MK Karib announced that he also intends to discuss the constitutional committee

. 00, the committee will hold a discussion on the "defendant's law," and about two hours later on the bill to dissolve the 24th Knesset. The same before the dissolution of the Knesset is "extremely low."

At the same time, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation is also expected to discuss on Sunday the bill to lower the blocking percentage in the Knesset elections from 3.25% to 2%.

The proposal was brought by H.

"Orbach Bypass Track."

Chairman of the Knesset Committee (Photo: Flash 90, Olbia Fitoussi)

Over the weekend, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, for the first time since the announcement of the dissolution of the 24th Knesset.

Shaked was on a visit to Morocco this week and was updated at the last minute by Bennett on the decision to go to the polls - which created tensions between the two, who are expected to meet again earlier this week.

Behind the scenes, even earlier, Shaked managed to persuade MK Orbach to postpone his support for the Knesset dissolution law for a week until her return from abroad, but the chairman of the right decided together with his partner Lapid to precede him.

Bennett and Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced their decision to dissolve the Knesset on Monday, and on Wednesday the Knesset plenum voted in favor of the bill to dissolve the Knesset in a preliminary reading.

110 MKs voted in favor, without opponents. In recent days, Bennett is considering the possibility of retiring from political life and not running in the upcoming elections. He is expected to make the decision soon, and it is estimated that this option will also be discussed in a meeting with Shaked. Lead to the right but later join a joint run with another party.

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