The High Court of Justice rejected out of hand the petition of the Movement for Quality Government that demanded that Efi Naveh's candidacy in the elections for Bar Association chairman be nullified due to the "cloud of infamy." Justices Yael Willner, Yitzhak Amit and Alex Stein ruled that the organization had an "alternative remedy" to petition the High Court of Justice and that it should have filed the petition with the District Court and not the High Court. The justices imposed legal costs of eight thousand shekels on the movement. The elections are expected to take place on June 20.
The petition of the Movement for Quality Government to the High Court of Justice is against the Attorney General and the State Prosecutor, demanding that they file a disciplinary complaint with the Bar Association Tribunal, in order to prevent Efi Naveh from running in the elections for the Bar Authority. The movement also petitioned the Bar Association's election committee, demanding that it prevent Naveh from running in the elections.
The petition that was rejected as aforesaid stated that according to section 11(a) of the Bar Association Rules, "a person who has been convicted by a decisive verdict of an offense involving disgrace and seven years have not yet passed from the date of the verdict will be eligible for candidacy to the institutions of the Bar."
It added that the rules of the bar also give the Bar Association's election committee the authority to determine whether the offense for which the candidate was convicted constitutes disgrace. Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara opposed the petition and expressed her opinion that the ruling of the Tel Aviv District that convicted Naveh after an appeal was invalid because Naveh had the option of filing an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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