Prime Minister-designate Netanyahu is expected to inform the President today (Wednesday) that he has succeeded in forming a government, today at midnight the validity of the mandate he received to form a government will expire.
At the same time, the legislative process that Netanyahu and the designated coalition wants to advance before the government is sworn in is far from over.
Yesterday Yesh Atid and the Likud reached an agreement according to which: the next time the Knesset plenum will open only on Monday, after the Hanukkah holiday.
The agreements are delaying the legislative process of the designated coalition after Ben Gabir's law amending the Police Ordinance passed the first reading and Deri and Smotrich's law to amend the Basic Law of the Government which will allow Deri to become a minister and Smotrich to also serve in the Ministry of Defense - is already nearing the end of its preparation for second and third reading in the committee.
When will a government be formed?
Netanyahu and his partners at the swearing in of the Knesset, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Despite the delay in the legislation, the Likud found a loophole in the law that would allow them a longer window of time to form the government, this with the understanding that the law allows to declare that I was able to form a government on Wednesday, but the Speaker of the Knesset will announce this in the plenary only on Monday, and from there you can start counting seven days and hold the oath The government. That is: Netanyahu will be able to appoint a government until January 2, 2023. However, in Likud they are trying to act to appoint a government as early as next Thursday.
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