For months the opposition has been seeking to stop the sanction of the reform that would eliminate the power of veto of the Supreme Court over government decisions.
In the midst of the parliamentary debate for judicial reform in Israela group of protesters entered the Knesset (Congress) to protest against the initiative promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Reasonableness Act would remove the power of the Supreme Court to overturn government decisions it views as “unreasonable.”
Security forces forcibly removed the protesters, some of them they were even dragged along the floor of the enclosure. The speaker of parliament, Amir Ohana, thanked the police for their work in preventing “a gang of criminals disrupt the plenary session of the Knesset“.
Meanwhile, outside the building, Hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest the measure which was highly criticized since they point out that it violates the division of powers.
Before the interruption by the protesters, the debate had already generated conflict between the legislators themselves. The president of the Constitution, Legislation and Justice Commission, Simcha Rothman, for his part, defended a “balanced” and “responsible” law and generated protests from opposition deputies. Besides, three deputies from the centrist opposition party Yesh Atid were expelled of the plenary due to interruption.
Netanyahu had defended in a video published before the vote that this initiative to remove “reasonableness” “It is not the end of democracy, but rather reinforces it“.
Judicial reform returns and the conflict returns to Israel
The Government resumed the processing by parts of the judicial reform proposal while negotiations with the opposition are suspended.
Netanyahu’s allies defend his legitimacy to process the judicial reform based on its parliamentary majoritywhile 27 weeks ago there are mobilizations to demand the total withdrawal of the initiative. A new protest has already been called for tomorrow, to force the Executive to reverse the reform.
“It has to be a mobilization the like of which has never been seen in Israel, on Tuesday, the first of three full votes on the law that would prevent courts from exercising judicial review of the reasonableness of the Government’s decisions”, highlighted the conveners, quoted by the Europa Press agency.
Source: Ambito
