The Prime Minister, the Council of Torah Sages and members of the coalition arrive at Aryeh Deri's house after the announcement of the verdict (Roni Kanfo)
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri said last night (Wednesday) in conversations with his associates that he sticks to his position of not resigning as minister, despite the High Court's decision to disqualify his appointment. The meaning of the decision is that in order to uphold the ruling of the High Court judges, he will Benjamin Netanyahu's government to fire him as soon as possible.
Deri was asked in some of the conversations whether Netanyahu had informed him about such a plan and he refused to comment: "Ask Netanyahu."
Those around Netanyahu said this week even before the publication of the High Court ruling that Netanyahu would fire him, but it is not clear when and whether the move will be deliberately delayed.
The Shas Bitown published this morning harshly attacked the High Court decision, a direct continuation of the Shas announcement as well as Deri's own words. The Bitown headline read: "The High Court against the People of Israel" and the decision was called "unfortunate and not surprising" with opinion and commentary columns Against the Supreme Court and in favor of the chairman of Shas.
Last night, Deri addressed for the first time the disqualification of his appointment as a minister at the High Court. He pledged to continue the "revolution" started by the leaders who preceded him, and stated: "They will close the door on us, we will enter through the window.
They will close the window for us - we will break through the ceiling."
According to the chairman of Shas, he was not surprised by the High Court's ruling, and even added that it brought him joy.
"There is no joy like allowing doubts," he explained at the end of the support gathering at his home.
"It's good that they said their word, and it's good that it ended like this 10 against 1. The people will judge and see."
Ten of the 11 supreme judges who heard the petition ruled that Deri's appointment is illegal, despite the amendment to the Basic Law, according to which there is no defamation in the offenses he committed.
Supreme Court President Ester Hayut wrote in her reasoning: "Stick to Deri's appointment is a flaw of extreme improbability because it stands in serious contradiction to the fundamental principles that should guide the prime minister in the appointment of ministers."
Most of the panel's judges ruled that the appointment was extremely improbable, and therefore Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should fire Deri from his position.
The judges reasoned that the disqualification was due to the accumulation of his criminal convictions, as well as the presentation that Deri presented to the Magistrate's Court that sentenced him for these offenses, according to which he retires from political life.
Judge Yosef Elron, in a unanimous opinion, believed that the appointment of Minister Deri should be left intact, but that the Prime Minister should contact the Chairman of the Elections Committee, so that he can determine whether there is defamation in the tax offenses for which Deri was convicted, according to the Basic Law before its amendment. of the Prime Minister to contact the Chairman of the Election Committee took shape after he was tasked with the task of assembling the government and even before the amendment of the Basic Law of the Government," Elron explained.
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