To the sound of protests in the plenum, the Ben Gabir law passed in the first reading (Knesset Channel)
The Yesh Atid party petitioned the High Court against the amendment of the police order, known as the "Ben Gabir Law" - this is what the party announced this morning (Wednesday). The petition joins the petition recently submitted by the Movement for the Quality of Government. , only because of the weakness demonstrated by Netanyahu," it says.
In the body of the petition submitted by lawyers Oded Gazit and Eliram Bekel, key and essential clauses in the amendment to the law to the police order are detailed that constitute a violation of fundamental laws, human rights and individual freedoms, and undermine fundamental principles of the regime in Israel, in particular with regard to The position that the enforcement measures of the Israel Police, including investigations and prosecutions, will not be based on political and partisan considerations, and also contradict the principles of the internal separation of powers that characterizes the public service in the State of Israel.
Last week, the Knesset plenum approved the splitting of the bill, in accordance with the recommendation of the Knesset's legal advice and with the consent of Ben Gabir.
Thus, the assignment of the police commissioner to the minister as well as the section concerning the duration of the processing of cases after the establishment of the government will be postponed to another date and will be enacted only after the establishment of the government. In this regard, Yesh Atid's petition states that "even though the amendment to the ordinance has not been completed and that the minister and the government intend to promote another amendment, Since the amendment to the ordinance constitutes, in itself, an unconstitutional norm - the petition is being submitted now."
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"Thanks to the amendment to the ordinance, for the first time the state will be a political entity that holds the supreme authority to order the use of force and enforcement measures against the citizens of the state, and to distinguish them from its enemies," Knesset members Miki Levy and Yoav Seglovitz wrote in the petition.
"There is a clear intention here to turn the Israel Police into a political body while introducing improper political considerations into the use of force, enforcement and the investigation system in the police. We have no intention of standing by while democracy in Israel is being trampled."
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