Prime Minister, coalition leaders meet to plan one-sided judicial reform legislation
The coalition leaders are reportedly considering passing two parts of the reform by the end of the Knesset's summer session on July 31.
By ELIAV BREUER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the other coalition parties met on Sunday to plan the continuation of judicial reform legislation, after the prime minister said that parts of the reform would advance unilaterally after the opposition froze talks at the President’s Residence last week. The coalition leaders are reportedly considering passing two parts of the reform by the end of the Knesset’s summer session on July 31.
The first would redefine the Supreme Court’s use of the “reasonableness factor” when evaluating government policies. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said ahead of his Religious Zionist Party’s meeting on Monday that he had directed his fellow party member, Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman, to begin already on Wednesday the legislative process for a law that would redefine the “reasonableness factor” based on a paper written by Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg.
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The coalition leaders are reportedly considering passing two parts of the reform by the end of the Knesset's summer session on July 31.
By ELIAV BREUER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the other coalition parties met on Sunday to plan the continuation of judicial reform legislation, after the prime minister said that parts of the reform would advance unilaterally after the opposition froze talks at the President’s Residence last week. The coalition leaders are reportedly considering passing two parts of the reform by the end of the Knesset’s summer session on July 31.
The first would redefine the Supreme Court’s use of the “reasonableness factor” when evaluating government policies. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said ahead of his Religious Zionist Party’s meeting on Monday that he had directed his fellow party member, Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman, to begin already on Wednesday the legislative process for a law that would redefine the “reasonableness factor” based on a paper written by Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-746820