The Movement for the Quality of Government petitioned the High Court today (Sunday) against the apparent appointment of MK Aryeh Deri as Minister, demanding the annulment of the verdict given in his case on the grounds that he had misled the court.
As I recall, in response to the petition of the Movement for the Quality of Government on the eve of the elections, the Chairman of the Elections Committee, Judge Amit, stated that in Deri's opinion there is a presumption of dishonor due to the suspended prison sentence he was sentenced to. Amit stated in his ruling that if the government component wanted to appoint Deri as a minister, he would have to contact him ( to a fellow judge) and request the removal of the presumption of libel. Apparently at the moment prime minister-designate Netanyahu has chosen not to turn to a fellow judge and instead the coalition has begun legislative procedures for a retroactive change in the basic law: the government, which states that libel will only be imposed when an actual prison sentence is imposed.
The High Court must intervene and prevent this disgrace", photo: Oren Ben Hakon
In its petition, the movement seeks to compel Netanyahu to turn to a fellow judge to determine whether Derei has defamation, and claims that the apparent appointment is "a serious violation of morality, public trust in elected officials, and the principle of governmental loyalty" and that it is tainted by lack of cleanliness and good faith, unreasonableness and extreme disproportionality.
The movement also claims that Deri misled the court, when he presented it with a false representation that he intended to retire from public life, and hence the verdict and sentence in his case are void since they were obtained by deception.
"It was a mistake to let Derai return to the scene of the crime for the first time", attorney Dr. Eliad Sharga, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Attorney Dr. Eliad Sharga, Chairman of the Movement for the Quality of Government: "Arie Deri is a convicted felon, who returned to the scene of the crime and again committed a crime and was convicted. It was a mistake to let Deri return to the scene of the crime the first time, but to let him return the second time is complete madness and losing his moral and moral temper. If Deri is appointed minister for the third time, it will no longer be a question of if and when he commits a third crime, unless we then have a functioning law enforcement system that will stop him. The High Court must intervene and prevent this disgrace, and cancel the plea agreement Let's do it with Aryeh Deri."
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