In the video: Judge Esther Hayut (Photo: Shlomi Gabbai)
The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved yesterday (Monday) to bring to a vote in the first reading in the plenary two amendments to the Basic Judiciary Law.
The first deals with changing the composition of the committee for the selection of judges, while the second seeks to enshrine in basic legislation a prohibition on the court canceling or interpreting a basic law.
Regarding the change in the composition of the committee for the selection of judges, the proposal approved yesterday should give the government a majority of five out of nine members, according to the following key: three ministers and three MKs. One of the MKs should be the chairman of the constitution committee, the other will be chosen by the president. Knesset, while the third will come from the opposition.
The committee will also include three judges, one of whom is the President of the Supreme Court and the other two are retired judges, who will be chosen with the consent of the Minister of Justice and the President.
In addition, it was determined that five of the nine members of the committee were enough to select judges for the Supreme Court - something that would give the government control over the selection of judges.
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The Committee for the Selection of Judges, January 27, 2022 (photo: official website, no)
How might the change in the composition of the committee for the selection of judges affect us soon?
Dive into the data provided to Walla!
According to the Courts Administration, 34 senior judges and registrars are expected to retire in 2023.
These are two supreme court judges, the president of the labor court, a vice president of a district court and two vice presidents of a peace court. To these must be added five senior judges of district courts who will retire, as well as four senior judges of a peace court, a senior judge of a court for work, five judges of the district court, nine judges of the magistrate's court, two judges of the labor court and two senior registrars of the magistrate's court. Currently, there are
15 judges serving in the Supreme Court. In October, President Esther Hayut and Judge Anat Baron will retire. While Hayut is considered a moderate judge , Baron is considered the most liberal judge in the Supreme Court today, so the appointment of two additional judges by a committee in which the government has a majority may change the face of the court completely.
The appointment of a new president of the Labor Court may have an impact on his conduct, and on the panels that will hear substantive cases. The president of the Regional Labor Court in Beer Sheva, Shmuel Tannenboim, is also scheduled to retire in the coming month. When you also take into account the bill restricting the right to strike, submitted by Yo Chairman of the Constitution Committee MK Simcha Rothman, it is possible to understand the effect this could have on the character of labor relations in Israel.
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is considered moderate, and retires during the year.
President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut (Photo: Flash 90, Shir Toram)
We don't want to get to a situation where the Israeli justice system is similar to the Russian one.
Naama Issachar with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife (photo: official website, Kobi Gideon / PM)
Attorney Eran Golan, chairman of the legal reform team and member of the national council of the Bar Association said to Walla!
In relation to the change in the composition of the committee for selecting judges: "The judges in all courts are required to discuss, among other things, the relationship between the citizen and the authority, the power differences between them are enormous. The change in the composition of the committee may lead to the judicial system not granting the citizen the remedies they deserve. Several years ago, Naama Issachar She was arrested in Russia with 9.5 grams of hashish, and received a sentence of 7.5 years in prison. She was released after Prime Minister Netanyahu flew to Russia, and handed over to Russia historical buildings of the church in Jerusalem. We do not want to get to a situation where the Israeli justice system is similar to the Russian one, which is controlled by the executive branch. And this is the meaning of the loss of judicial independence."
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