On video: the meeting of the committee for the selection of judges/Roni Knafo
"For the sake of the appearance of justice, Judge Amit would have done better if he had left the yeshiva," stated today (Sunday), the ombudsman for judges, Uri Shoham.
This, after Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit, who himself was supposed to be the president of the court, participated in the hearing for the election of the Supreme President.
Supreme Court Judge Yitzhak Amit recently participated in the meeting of the Committee for the Selection of Judges, which dealt with the appointment of a President to the Supreme Court.
This was done after no actual vote was held on the issue.
Also, Amit himself was supposed to be appointed president of the Supreme Court according to the seniority system.
In response, the ombudsman told the judges that it was a conflict of interest.
"It would have been good if he had left the yeshiva," fellow judge/photo processing, Reuven Castro
Judge Amit responded to the Complaints Commissioner's claims against him, stating that the meeting did not discuss a specific appointment, but was "a discussion on the principle issue of appointing judges. The two retired judges passed, without going into the names of such and such."
He also added that the committee discussed the issue of "the fundamental need for the appointment of a permanent president to the Supreme Court to be put on the agenda."
"At a certain point, Minister Struck pointed out that she was coming out to me, since it is not pleasant to sit in the room when talking about me personally," said a colleague, "and then Judge Barak-Erez came back and clarified that the framework of the discussion is not the candidacy of a certain person, but why not put it on the agenda the question of choice".
Amit also added that the Minister of Justice also opened his remarks with a personal reference to him.
"I think that at this point I jokingly mentioned that if that's the case I'll sit like a 'pot'" said a colleague.
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retracted and stated that it was not a conflict of interest.
Ombudsman for Judges, Uri Shoham./Reuven Castro
Finally, after Amit's response, the commissioner informed them that he accepted the judge's position and stated that he did not act in a conflict of interest.
However, the commissioner added and noted that this was a preliminary discussion on the issue.
"I believe that for the sake of the appearance of justice, the judge would have done better if he had left the meeting after hearing the words of Minister Strock and would not have participated in this part of the hearing, and this is at a time when everyone knows that he is the main candidate to serve as president of the Supreme Court," the commissioner said.
Shai Glick, CEO of Betzelmo, said in response: "I am glad that the commissioner accepted my position in a clear way that it would have been better if there had been an outgoing judge for the sake of the semblance of justice.
It turns out that what is expected of each person discussing his case is also expected of a judge and it is not lifted from the people.
I hope that the Honorable Judge Yitzhak Amit understood that Sega would apologize and not repeat this mistake, neither he nor his friends.
We will continue to monitor and make sure that everyone is equal before the law, from the citizen in the market to the main candidate for supreme president."
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