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)
For those who thought that the formation of the government would banish the word flounder from the political lexicon, this week was a bitter disappointment: the dramatic verdict of the High Court of Justice that disqualified the appointment of Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri Lesher announced to the Netanyahu government about a new flounder of its own. The diverse decision of the majority judges, who were divided in two on the grounds and reasons for the disqualification, blocked the Gollel on all the early plans that had been prepared in advance in response to the ruling.
Even if the grounds of reasonableness are canceled, as the Shas first dreamed and threatened, he will not be able to serve as minister, because of the five judges who determined that there is an obstacle to appointing him due to "judicial paralysis ", or in simple Hebrew, because he lied to the court last year when he pledged to retire from politics as part of his plea agreement.
Even the minority position of Judge Yosef Elron, who actually qualified the appointment, requires him to make the necessary rounds with the chairman of the election commission to determine if there is any dishonor in his actions.
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Even if the cause of reasonableness is eliminated, he will not be able to serve as minister.
Deri (Photo: Flash 90, Tomer Neuberg)
"They will close the door for us - we will enter through the window," Deri promised his supporters after receiving the bitter news.
In the time that has passed since then, the best minds in the Shas are looking for a creative proposal that will allow him to overcome the High Court's decision, that is, to whistle at it, and create a legal and legal construction that will nevertheless quickly return him to the governmental thrones of honor.
Deri's eyes are mainly on the role of the alternate prime minister, but Prime Minister Netanyahu, who was already in this movie with Gantz two years ago, is less enthusiastic, and is reluctant to appoint an official replacement for himself as is his usual practice.
The alternative prime minister scenario is a cumbersome and complex move, which requires to topple the government again with a vote of constructive no confidence, only to satiate the exact same government a few minutes later.
And above all, his success is far from guaranteed, to say the least: if Deri is an alternate prime minister, the appointment will soon return to the review of the High Court, which is expected to disqualify him for exactly the same reasons why he cannot serve as a minister.
Even the alternative solution that Netanyahu proposed to Deri, a law that would prevent the High Court from disqualifying ministerial appointments, will inevitably roll the ball back into the Supreme Court's door. , but never robustness. Another personal law, in the midst of the raging war of authorities over the legal reform of Yariv Levin, may raise the eyebrows of the judges and cause them to take one step further to the invalidation of basic laws. In fact, any legal or constitutional trick that will bring Deri back to the throne will lead For another inevitable collision and further escalation in the battle between the government and the justice system.
They refrained from interfering with the Deri law, but never Hoson.
Judges of the Supreme Court (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Netanyahu was of course the first to identify.
An hour after the ruling, he hurried to present himself at Deri's house in the Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem with a short and catchy media statement: "When my brother is in trouble - I come to him."
Netanyahu burned the consciousness with a show of friendship and support, but behind the scenes, Netanyahu's associates admitted that in view of Deri's complex legal situation - it is not certain that he can help him at all.
The Prime Minister's office is trying to formulate a respectful and pampering package for Derai that will soften the injustice of the impeachment and preserve his senior and exclusive status at the top of the state's decision-making: even from the Knesset he will be able to remotely control his associates who will be appointed as his replacements in the Ministry of Health and the Interior, and the intention is to reserve a special place for him as an observer in the political and security cabinet and as a secret partner in the strategic kitchen The Prime Minister's small group with Defense Minister Galant and his associate Ron Dermer, currently the Minister of Strategic Affairs.
go without and feel with
Everything is the same, almost, except for the titles, powers, status symbols and honor of the minister and the deputy prime minister.
It is not yet clear whether this will satisfy the concerned.
Hastened to show up at Deri's house.
Netanyahu (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Despite the preliminary Shas threats, Deri's disqualification does not currently endanger the stability of the coalition. Shas voters are not interested in elections or any other government, but they are angry and furious with the court, which according to them annulled the voter's decision.
Their outrage is expected to add more fuel to the flames burning around Levin's legal revolution, which was not lacking, and strengthen the motivation of the coalition to complete the reform with lightning legislation, which is already being promoted at a dizzying pace.
And as long as Deri does not return to the government table, he will become the symbol of the struggle.
At the same time, Deri's story also strengthens the opponents of the regime revolution in the opposition and on the street.
He paints Levin's reform in the color of intense governmental corruption.
Not as a correction or improvement of the judicial system, but as a move designed to cement Netanyahu and Deri out of the court, and asserts the civil protest that is expanding in additional accumulations.
The opposite stormy winds may cause the extremism of both hawkish parties and reduce the space for compromise and dialogue that President Herzog is trying to create.
Deri's floundering only sharpens the political, constitutional and social floundering.
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