The Knesset committee approved today (Monday) the bill regarding the budget for the election year and will prepare it for the first reading, in accordance with last night’s agreement between the Likud and Blue and White on extending the deadline for submitting the budget. The proposal sets deadlines for approving the state budget for 2020 and 2021, and if they do not meet the target, the Knesset will be dispersed and the elections will be held on March 23.
The Knesset committee approved the compromise proposal by a majority of seven Knesset members who supported it, compared to five who opposed it. After threatening to vote against, all Knesset members from the Blue and White faction were absent, while Knesset members from the Likud and the ultra-Orthodox parties voted in favor. The proposal for a vote in the Knesset plenum will now be raised.
The debate is chaired by an MK Isaac Pindros (Torah Judaism), after the chairman of the MK committee Ethan Ginzburg He was forced into solitary confinement because he was staying near the MK Hila Shi-Wazan Which was found to be positive for the corona virus. Due to this, the coalition does not currently have a majority to pass the law to postpone the dissolution of the Knesset at this stage. At the same time, the opposition intends to fight the bill through hundreds of reservations. Among those who oppose the MK bill Assaf Zamir, And also Knesset members Miki Haimovich and Ram Shefa White brushes tend to oppose the offer. Due to this, MK Jacob Asher Said he was willing to come and vote if his vote was critical.
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During the debate, MK said Bezalel Smutrich Because ““The right is considering supporting the bill out of responsibility to the state.” But in the party right They were quick to deny his remarks and make it clear that they would not vote in favor of postponing the election: “A right-wing faction will vote against any rejection of any kind. “This bad government must go home immediately, and only a new leadership can fix Israel.”
The confrontation between Bezalel Smutritz and Miki Zohar in the Knesset Committee (Photo: Knesset Channel)
The right-wing party added: “Regardless, since Netanyahu and Gantz’s political games will stop government activity on January 1, we call on this evil government, just before its dissolution, to pass the amendment to the Basic Law of State Economy in the Ministry of Finance and allow funds to be transferred to all ministries. The government so that the country will not be silenced in the fateful months ahead. “
During the discussion, an MK also Haim Katz (Likud) called for the Knesset to be dispersed: “This Knesset needs to be dispersed, this business is not working. All this resuscitation is unnecessary, we need to disperse it and go to the polls so that the people will speak out because the business is not working. Another 10-20 days, what is this nonsense?” ? “. MK Lazarus Stern He added: “Netanyahu wants elections after Independence Day and the ceremonies on Mount Herzl. So that Gantz will be finally erased.”
Maariv has learned that four blue-and-white members intend to vote against the postponement of the election and the dissolution of the Knesset. Member of Knesset Michal Kotler-Wench Announced that it would oppose the postponement of the election, the former Minister of Tourism Assaf Zamir Considering voting against, and so does MK Loud abundance. Similarly, so is an MK Miki Haimovich “Tends to resist.”
Kotler-Wensch (blue and white) wrote on Twitter that she “denies responsibility to the citizens of the State of Israel, I supported the unity government. “Abuse of Basic Laws. It is time to return to sovereignty in a democracy and seek its ruling.”
Denied responsibility to the citizens of the State of Israel, I supported the unity government.
The same responsibility now requires considering the poor possibility of elections, in the face of the intolerable reality of a dysfunctional government, which in its actions crumbles the rules of the game, including the misuse of basic laws.
It is time to return to sovereignty in a democracy and seek its decision.
Michal Kotler-Wensch | Michal Cotler-Wunsh December 21, 2020
In addition, Knesset members Hila Shay and Zan andEitan Ginzburg, They, too, from the Blue and White Party, went into solitary confinement today, so they will probably not be able to vote.
Coalition Chairman Mickey glows (Likud) said in response that “the blue-and-white rebels are ready to take Israel to the polls at the height of a health crisis only to harm Netanyahu personally. Apparently the peace agreements, the millions of vaccines that come here with the help of the name, years of wise security “Around the world, they are not being helped to make the right decision.”
Earlier, at the beginning of the hearing, a confrontation broke out between Smutritz and Zohar. Zohar suggested to Smutrich thatIf the right joins the government, they will help advance the Settlement Regulation Act. In response, Smutrich shouted: “A lot of terrible things you did recently. A lot of things that will not be done you did. One thing do not dare to do – do not take 20,000 settlers hostage, it is enough to take the budget and the economy hostage.”
MK Pindros in the Knesset Committee (Photo: Danny Shem Tov, Knesset Spokeswoman)Later, in response to the MK’s claim Boaz Toporovsky (Yesh Atid-Telem) that changing the law requires the support of 80 Knesset members, the committee’s spokesman, Adv. Arbel Astrakhan, replied that the bill requires a simple majority because the law is not armored. Only the alternative government clause is armored and it requires a special majority. MK Toporovsky announced that he would petition the High Court. Later, Dr. Amir Fox of the Israel Democracy Institute told the committee members: “You are making fun of the Basic Laws, changing it again and again in accordance with the political majority, it is a violation of the Basic Laws.”
In any case, the proposal is difficult because if the budget is not passed on January 5, the Knesset elections will be held within two months, on March 23 – while the director general of the Central Election Commission, Adv. Orly Adas, has already announced that the committee demands at least 90 days to prepare for the Corona Age elections.
“Elections are not a hocus pocus,” Adas warned. “We have always met all the challenges. But what the bill says is actually putting us in a state of freeze until January 5. If there are elections and they are held on March 23. This means only 76 days for the most complex election campaign in the State of Israel.”
“It’s really not a practical and reasonable period of time to have an election in all its components. Not for reasons of professional incompetence. It’s just impossible. So I warn and say. “The election campaign is properly and certainly worthy of an election in the shadow of the Corona.”
Knesset Committee (Photo: Danny Shem Tov, Knesset Spokeswoman)A white brush was delivered yesterday: “We will start by advancing the process and at the same time we will find the attempt to bring to a functioning government, with a budget that millions of Israelis now need, appointments and the rule of law and the lack of influence of the prime minister on his trial. “As required and while maintaining democracy and the rule of law, we will withdraw the bill and the Knesset will be dispersed this coming Tuesday.”
Knesset Basic Bill (Amendment and Temporary Provision Provisions regarding Budget in Election Year) by maariv on Scribd
According to the bill, the government will lay down the budget bill for fiscal year 2020 to December 23, and the decisive date will be January 1, 2021, and the budget bill for fiscal year 2021 will be laid down until December 23, and the decisive day will be January 6. 2021
The proposal also stipulates that if the 2020 budget is not submitted until December 31 or the 2021 budget until January 5, 2021, it will be as if the Knesset has decided to dissolve it before the end of its term, and the 24th Knesset elections will be held on Tuesday. March 23, 2021.
The committee also discussed the request of the chairman of the Economics Committee to advance the discussion of the Communications Bill (Bezeq and Broadcasting) regarding the deployment of an advanced network before the second and third readings, and also approved the Torah Judaism faction’s appointment for a permanent deputy committee “Like Jacob Asher, found positive for Corona and staying in isolation.
More than seven months since the formation of the government were not enough for it to bring in and approve a budget. Now want to move budget within a week. There was no government in Israel that looted the Knesset, belittled its citizens and damaged the fabric of democratic and state life like this government. The citizens of Israel deserve a government that has the good of the state and its citizens before its eyes. #a new hope
– Gideon Saar (@gidonsaar) December 21, 2020
Chairman of New Hope Gideon Saar Commenting on the budget postponement, he wrote on his Twitter account: “More than seven months since the government was formed, it did not have time to bring in and approve a budget. Now they want to pass a budget within a week. There was no government in Israel that looted the Knesset. “We deserve a government that has the good of the state and its citizens before its eyes.”