On video: a study and communion ceremony in memory of the victims of the helicopter disaster (photo: IDF spokesperson)
President Yitzhak Herzog will deliver a special speech this evening (Sunday).
In his speech, he is expected to review his efforts to bring about dialogue between the government and the opponents of the legal reform in recent weeks, and call again on both sides to adopt an outline for dialogue and dialogue.
For several weeks, Herzog has been trying to mediate between the government and the top officials of the legal system regarding the legal revolution, but in Likud they refuse the demand to freeze the legislation and claim that it is a precondition for negotiations.
Last week, Herzog called on the government to temporarily halt the legal revolution to allow talks with the opposition.
"Stop the whole process for a moment, take a deep breath, allow negotiations because there is a huge majority of the people who would like negotiations," he said.
"We need to carry the stretcher together, all parts of the nation, and have a dialogue about the pains and the most significant issues before it's too late."
Herzog (photo: IDF spokesman)
The legal revolution planned by the government includes a series of significant changes in the legal system, such as a determination that only an expanded composition of the High Court can invalidate legislation passed by the Knesset. Another step of the revolution, designed to strengthen the government's hand vis-à-vis the court, is the establishment of a superseding clause that will nullify decisions of the High Court with a majority of only 61 members of the Knesset, as well as changing the composition of the committee for the selection of judges so that it is fully controlled by the coalition.
The reform also deals with weakening the power of the legal advisors to the government, so that their position will not bind the government, and with eliminating the reason for reasonableness, which, among other things, significantly limits the court's ability to intervene in the appointment of senior officials.
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