The saga of the local authority elections continues: a group of 64 contestants in the local authority elections last Thursday sent a letter to Interior Minister Moshe Arbel requesting to postpone the date of the elections.
They write to Arbel to use his authority in the law to postpone the date of the local elections "if it is impossible to hold elections on their date or there are special circumstances which in the minister's opinion justify their postponement".
The contestants ask Arbel that "since there is no definition in the law for 'special circumstances', we ask that you adopt our interpretation that the current situation in the State of Israel, a state of war, is a special circumstance that justifies your intervention."
If Arbel does not respond to their request - the writers are also expected to petition the High Court against holding the elections this week.
The authors also refer to the fact that 500 candidates are still being recruited into the IDF and are not being released due to their necessity.
Where is the justice, Honorable Minister?" they wondered in their letter. They also claim in their letter that elections on the scheduled date will lead to a violation of the equality of appointments vis-à-vis the non-serving sectors, vis-à-vis soldiers who have been absent from their homes for four months and are not involved in the political discourse in the places where they are running and also that the public is not attentive to the elections.
"Your decision to hold elections during a war while hundreds of thousands of soldiers are busy defending the country is a slap in the face of those who are willing to sacrifice their lives for your sake and for the sake of the country. Is this your way of repaying them? We are concerned by the fact that you did not see fit to meet with our representatives in all these four months, this indicates A disconnection from the sector that bears the fighting effort and a lack of appreciation for those who paid with their lives, with their bodies and are willing to continue to sacrifice what is dearest to them of all for you and for our country."
The contestants even floated specific cases of servants competing in complex situations and even floated another problem regarding the holding of the elections themselves under the threat of missiles.
"Actually, up to this moment, no assessment has been presented by any authority to deal with rocket fire during voting on election day... a scenario that is currently a very likely scenario of shooting from the north or shooting from the south towards the clusters of polling stations."
Finally, they ask the minister to grant their request and meet with them in order to lead to the postponement of the elections once again.
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