In the video: Prime Minister Lapid demonstrates against the future coalition (Photo: Niv Aharonson)
Chairman of Yesh Atid and outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid today (Tuesday) rejected the criticism of the future opposition in which he is a part, which it is claimed is not fighting enough against the moves of the coalition being formed, and the laws it managed to pass in recent days. "Without the war we are running the government already It would have been established ten days ago and all the laws would have been passed without any changes," Lapid claimed.
His words come after the Black Flags movement issued a statement calling on the opposition to act more forcefully against the coalition's measures. "We are witnessing the illusory collapse of a fresh opposition that is probably tired of fighting for democracy - Even before the government was formed," they accused. "We expect the members of the nascent opposition, its leaders to show up every day in the committees and in the plenum to fight until the end for democracy - without offsets, not to engage in deals, which will allow the members of the opposition more hours of sleep."
In a post published by Lapid on Facebook, he responded to the accusations, claiming that the movement had been misled.
"We are fighting with all possible tools, including filibusters and filing thousands of objections. Our Knesset members have been spending countless hours in committees for two weeks, trying in every way to stop this corrupt and anti-democratic legislation. Anyone who thinks we care about hours of sleep has probably not been following the debates."
Without the war we are waging, the government would have been established ten days ago." Lapid (Photo: Reuven Castro)
"The problem is not the fighting spirit, but the fact that we no longer have control over the Knesset," he continued.
Among other things, he explained that they are unable to hold filibusters to prevent the coalition's steps, and this is due to its solid majority.
"These are the results of the elections and this is part of the price we all pay. The only compromise we made is to reach arrangements with them on the discussion hours during the Hanukkah holiday. Thanks to these arrangements, Netanyahu will not form a government this week either."
"The incoming coalition pumps to the media every technical arrangement they make with us, because they recognized that this is the main weakness of our camp - the tendency to internal quarrels. We need to stop letting them conflict between us," he added.
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