President Rivlin: “Red lines have been crossed, the tension between the professional echelon and politicians is close to breaking”

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“Red lines have been crossed, the tension between the professional echelon and politicians is close to breaking,” said State President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin during the swearing-in ceremony held today (Tuesday) at the President’s House in Jerusalem.

President Rivlin: “The tension between the professional echelon and politicians is close to breaking” // Photo: Contact

At the ceremony, which was held in the presence of Supreme Court President Hayut and Deputy Justice Minister Bnei Gantz, Rivlin to the tension that prevails between the legal system and the political system. The president harshly criticized politicians for blatantly expressing themselves for political gain. “In recent years, the legal system has been the subject of harsh criticism, some of which blatantly cross the threshold of legitimacy. The discourse method on social media fuels these attacks, many times while taking them out of context.”

“Above all, the tension is rising between the professional echelon of the civil service, sometimes disparagingly referred to as bureaucrats, officials, and the political leadership in Israel, and it seems as if it is facing an unbearable breaking point,” Rivlin said, alluding to events that happened last week.

President Reuven Rivlin // Archive photo: Amos Ben Gershom - L.A.

“In the name of so-called ‘governance,’ borders and red lines are crossed,” Rivlin said sharply. “I am a big supporter of defining the boundaries between the authorities and have often expressed the danger of one authority invading the other’s spheres. And many times, such issues must reach the court, and its role is to decide them. But, these conflicts have recently become political assets and such. They are harmful to the citizens of Israel. “

“As tensions between bureaucrats and political leadership increase, as long as there are those who think the opposing discourse and attitude towards bureaucracy and the justice system pays off politically, we will all continue to witness ugly, growing conflicts and everything in the name of ‘governance,'” Rivlin said, criticizing politicians.

The President of the Supreme Court lives in the swearing-in ceremony of the judges at the President's House // Photo: Spokeswoman for the Judiciary

Supreme Court President Hayut also spoke, saying: “The claim that the courts, and especially the Supreme Court, have positioned themselves in the political arena, is unfounded. Judges discuss and decide legal questions before them, in accordance with the relevant legal provisions.”

The Minister of Defense and Deputy Minister of Justice, Bnei Gantz, also did not spare criticism. “Danger hovers over the rule of law. We are now in a battle of hard containment, in the face of an opponent who is not sick of manipulations, in the face of those who are willing to incite an entire public and destroy the foundations of our democracy,” Ganz said.

Afterwards, former Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn tweeted: “54 new and excellent judges, judges and registrars are being sworn in today. It’s no secret that Netanyahu and his henchmen in the Judicial Selection Committee tried to undermine the process. All dangerous attempts at politicization were halted. All of them. We elected only professional judges who can act completely independently. “We are maintaining democracy.”

54 new judges and registrars were sworn in before the president today, as part of their inauguration. Among the judges and registrars who will take office: 35 judges of the Magistrates’ Courts, five judges of the juvenile courts, four judges of the family courts and 10 senior registrars. Due to the limitations of the corona the declaration takes place in two rounds.

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