Demonstration against the legal revolution throughout the country.
April 15, 2023 (according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law)
The political negotiations on the legal revolution will resume tomorrow (Monday) at the President's House, with the participation of teams from the coalition, Yesh Atid and the state camp.
The teams are expected to hold a marathon of talks this week in an attempt to reach agreements on agreed constitutional changes and will meet on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday to hold discussions.
This will be the third meeting of the political teams on behalf of the parties - and the first time they gather after Passover.
A professional meeting, without politicians, of lawyers representing the political parties was also held on the day of the festival, to prepare the topics and issues for discussion.
Until now, the talks have only dealt with framing and the framework of the negotiations, and the substantive discussions on the core issues at hand - such as the Judiciary Basic Law, the Committee for the Selection of Judges, the Legislation Basic Law, the reason for reasonableness, and more - are expected to begin only tomorrow.
The meeting of the negotiating teams at the President's House (photo: official website, Kobi Gideon/L.A.M.)
In the state camp they demanded to start the discussions in the committee for the selection of judges - the main point of contention between the coalition and the opposition - in view of the government's demand to control the appointment of judges and the opposition's opposition to any politicization of the process.
So far, all parties have reported a positive and fruitful atmosphere in the talks, but both the coalition and the opposition still express doubt about the ability to reach agreements in view of the ideological gaps and conflicting political interests.
The President's House said today that "the President's House continues to do everything in its power to encourage the parties to continue the dialogue aimed at bringing about a broad agreement."
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Constitution Committee, MK Simcha Rothman, hinted that he would be willing to give up the possibility of the coalition appointing judges, at all.
In an interview with the Guardian, Rothman said that if the composition of the committee for the selection of judges is determined in such a way that there will be no veto possibility, and "the voice of the people will be heard" regarding the election of the judges, and if a certain political party's takeover of the Supreme Court is prevented - it "can pass as far as I'm concerned", as he put it.
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"Can pass as far as I'm concerned."
Rothman (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
At the same time as the direct negotiations between the Lish Atid coalition and the state camp, the Labor Party informed the President's House today that they are withdrawing from the negotiation process because they were not invited to participate in the main negotiation route.
The Labor Party initially stated that they were opposed to the talks at the President's residence, but a few days later they retracted and asked to participate in the process.
A team from the Labor Party led by MK Efrat Raiten and Gilad Karib even held several meetings at the President's residence with Herzog's people, but on a separate channel from the main channel between the coalition and the two major parties in the opposition. After they were not invited to participate in the professional meetings and the meetings that will be held this week, the Labor Party decided to withdraw from the entire process .
The political negotiation teams on the legal revolution include ministers Ron Dermer and Yoav Kish on behalf of the government, as well as government secretary Yossi Fox, lawyers Aviad Bakshi from the Kehalat Forum, and Talia Einhorn, and Knesset members Keti Shatrit and Hanoch Milbitsky.
Yesh Atid's team includes MKs Orna Barbiei and Karin Elharer; former Prime Minister's Office CEO Naama Shultz, and attorney Oded Gazit.
The staff of the state camp includes former Minister of Justice Gideon Sa'ar, MK Hili Trooper and Orit Farkash HaCohen and attorney Ronan Aviani.
The talks at the President's House were moderated by former Cabinet Secretary Oved Yehezkel.
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