A pilot who refused to report to the reserve: "What's important now is the demonstrations - a message needs to be conveyed" - Voila! news

On video: blockade of Ayalon lanes as part of a demonstration against the legal revolution (Yotam Ronan, Niv Aharonson)

Lt. Col. H., a 47-year-old active helicopter pilot, announced yesterday (Sunday) that he will not return to reserve service in the squadron following the legal revolution promoted by the government. "I think the important thing now is not to man the cockpit but to man the demonstrations and come in full force." , he said today in a conversation with Walla. "We have a joker card in our pocket and we need to convey the message.

We all know that if there is an existential or real threat - we will put everything aside and join the army.

I have two girls to protect."

H. comes to the reserve in a squadron once every two weeks and according to him there is a scenario and danger of a constitutional crisis.

"Most pilots leave the final decision point there," he explained.

"And there are still quite a few who say, 'We put the political discussion aside and we keep coming.' Once there is a constitutional crisis, I will have a problem flying. Who do I listen to. Or rather, who does my commander listen to. Who is the Chief of Staff going to listen to?

He can say 'I listen to the government', but if I don't see it that way?

In the situation of Order 8?

It's quite a violation of the law.

That would be the real refusal.

In the worst radicalization scenario of all, there is a constitutional crisis and the Chief of Staff mobilizes everyone in order 8 - but half of them tell him 'we are not coming'. This is refusal."

"What is important is the demonstrations."

Squadron 69 (photo: Walla! NEWS system, --)

"I give all my time to the protest to work and home," he added.

"I prefer not to come at the moment - it won't hurt me in the operational sense. We will be prepared so as not to harm the operational pulse of the squadron. We are worried about who is going to be there. Who will be on the break. Despite what the commander of the Air Force says, and I think he is a very sober man , in places of real-time pressure - just as the commissioner is not able to stop it, he will not be able to stop it either, and then I will be there.

" "He will be able to invalidate legislation passed by the Knesset."

Another step of the revolution, designed to strengthen the hand of the government vis-à-vis the court, is the establishment of a superseding clause that will annul the decisions of the High Court by 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 will be fully controlled by the coalition.

The reform also deals with weakening the power of the legal advisers to the government, so that their position will not bind the government, and with the elimination of 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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