Faults and irregularities in the Labor Party primaries: MK Merav Michaeli, who is running for chairman, as well as other party members, were surprised today when they discovered that they are not registered in the electoral roll and are unable to vote in the party’s primary election. After the delay, MK Michaeli was finally allowed to vote. At the end of her vote, she said: “They can not steal our house. Go out and vote.”
A source close to the MK commented on the case and told “Israel Today”: “There are many party members who did not let them vote.”
Among the people who were prevented from voting was also the former finance minister on behalf of Labor, Avraham (Beiga) Shochat, 84. “I have been a member of the Labor Party for 66 years. I checked the party’s website on Friday and I appear as a party member and pay my mission by standing order. I came to vote in Tel Aviv and was told I was not appearing in the book,” said former minister Shochat.
“I gave them my ID and they told me I did not have the right to vote. I supported Merav Michaeli and I can only hope that a mistake happened, but I can not say it with full confidence in the current reality. This is the first time it happens that I am not in the ballot. It is strange Very much in my eyes, “he added.
It should be noted that both cases took place at the same polling station on Brodecki Street in Tel Aviv.
Gil Beilin, another candidate for the Labor Party leadership, also voted at the ballot box on Brodecki Street: “I am excited about the class. As someone who grew up in the Labor Party and has been active since his youth,” he said. He added: “The primaries today are among the most important ever, as this is a last call to save the party that is disappearing from the political map. I will return the party to its rightful place thanks to the new spirit I bring with me and the belief in change. And to bring in new ones, and to work for the unification of the center-left bloc with the aim of replacing the Netanyahu regime. ”
Avi Shaked, another candidate in the primaries, voted at the polls in Netanya. Shaked said: “The work in an electoral situation is difficult. The party needs a new spirit, which will bring home hundreds of thousands of voters. I can make the necessary change to bring it back to its public status. Today they bring change. From engagement to action and success.”
The candidate who is considered to have the highest chance of winning the Labor leadership election is Michaeli, who said ahead of the opening of the vote: “We are returning and returning the Labor Party to the center of the stage and we must not give up, neither the roots nor the ideology. Be complacent, and let’s bring the truth back to politics. ”
If Michaeli is elected, she will apparently act to join one or more parties in the left-wing bloc. Beilin, who is also running for Labor, clarified that he will work to bring Ehud Barak back to a key position: “When I choose, I will offer Ehud Barak a second armored seat on the list. Together we will work for the great unification of the center-left parties. Netanyahu. ”
“I believe that the energies generated as a result of this democratic process will then lead to a trend that will put the party on its feet. Many in the public have confidence in the values of the work and they love it, and these primaries will be the spark that will rekindle it.”