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The ceasefire will not detract from the internal tension in Likud ahead of the internal elections, the primaries, which will be held tomorrow.

MK Netanyahu, after his meeting with the Prime Minister, commented that he voiced his advice in the ears of the host, Lapid. Thus Netanyahu sought to position himself as an experienced statesman, advising his young opponent, who is taking his first steps as Prime Minister.

It is very possible that Likud officials - some of whom may be skeptical about the continuation of the Netanyahu era - will now be strengthened in their opinion that this era has not yet passed.

But the day of voting on the ranking of the places of the contestants on the way to a seat in the Knesset should also be a day of soul-searching.

It will be said frankly: the outgoing Likud faction in the Knesset does not leave a bright parliamentary legacy.

Who would disagree with this diminutive definition?

We will observe: the opposition's automatic votes against welcome bills of the coalition;

Or the harsh rhetoric, to put it mildly, of individuals in the faction who uttered statements that do not deserve to be heard, such as a MK who called a colleague from another party a "urinous dictator". There was no one from among the faction shouting: "Stop!", and this is not the most prominent example of unparliamentary functioning from among the faction .

On the day of the internal elections on the composition of the list, let's not forget that we will decide whether those who do not deserve our taste will be added to the Knesset, to be counted among the 120 elected.

Among them will also be those who, or some of them, will do the "black work" in the Knesset - legislation.

At the polls, it is doubtful whether the question is who and who will be the MKs, what is the quality of their personality, but who is likely to serve as a successful prime minister. The fight is between Netanyahu and Lapid, without any consideration of who and who the elected officials are after them in the lists. Unfortunately, there is almost no doubt, as a lesson from experience, Because those who use inappropriate language, shout, divide, swear, have a good chance of being placed on the list of candidates near the top. Rude rhetoric in the public is an incentive to be elected to the Knesset from among the list. Some believe that the adoption of the regional, personal election system is a guarantee that the voter will examine his personality the candidate and not only his party affiliation. This method was proposed by Ben-Gurion but he did not fight for its implementation. It should be noted that in democratic countries the affinity created between the citizen and his preferred candidate is assimilated on behalf of his district of residence. This is also the case when the unique regional election system is not used. Indeed, A democratic regime should not be a kind of test station for examining the election system, but in our opinion an essential change is really called for, in order to raise the profile of the vote.The time has already come to curb the bad wind that blows frequently in the Knesset plenary hall.

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