The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that A minister in A recent formation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government can not serve over Recent tax evasion conviction.
the coalition government swipe wed decision He vowed to move on with Controversial actions that will weaken the country’s Supreme Court and its court power to hit down legislation.
Netanyahu returned power like prime minister last month in head of a coalition with Far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties after the Israeli elections on November 1.
set it of Show me my health and interior armor minister According to the “couldn’t stand” synopsis, it was “extremely unreasonable.” of courts decision.
In a 10-1 decision, the justices said Netanyahu “must remove my shield from office.”
My armor head of haredi party Chas, admit it last year For tax evasion, he was fined 180,000 shekels ($50,000) and gave up his parliamentary seat.
Judges Deri said made Looks like he was going to quit politics to obtain a lighter sentence. he ran for office again in November elections.
His ministerial appointment wasin Serious contradiction with Basic principles of the rule of law,” hmm added.
In Israel, which has no constitution, the Supreme Court currently He has the power to repeal laws or government decisions consider it discriminatory or unreasonable.
legislators last Legislation month passed that allows anyone convicted of Crimes but no prison sentence to serve as a minister.
‘silly’
Shas Deri party called the court decision “political,” “totally unreasonable,” and “unprecedented,” but he declined to announce any concrete actions.
She said the referee “forbade the votes and votes of 400,000 Shas supporters “and made the elections” meaningless.
Netanyahu, according to his spokesman, visited Deri in home After the verdict, he says to him: “At my country brother he in In distress, I come to him.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin criticized the ruling, calling it “ridiculous”.
Levine, member of Right-wing Netanyahu party the likud, announced Earlier this month, a controversial plan to revamp Israeli law systemincluding delivery more legislators’ powers in Appointing justices and bypassing the Supreme Court decisions.
“I will do whatever is necessary to redress the entire injustice done to Badri, Shas, and Israeli democracy,” Levin said on Wednesday.
“breaking the law”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid warned the “Israeli” government It would be a violation of the law if Netanyahu did not remove my shield.
“a government To not obey the law is illegal government Citizens cannot be expected to obey the law.” former prime minister Lapid said in Permit.
Joint statement from leaders of coalition The parties imply that they have no intention of going against Judgment that does not prevent my shield party of the rest in government.
“We will move in any legal way The statement stressed “a severe blow to the Democrats.” decision … of the people. “
Boy in Morocco, my political shield veteran He held a seat in the Knesset in addition to many ministerial positions over the past contracts.
halfway through current termFinance was to become a minister, while he remained deputy prime minister.
In 2000, he was sentenced to three years in prison in prison for He took bribes, although his punishment was reduced by a third for good behavior. later returned to politics after seven-year ban.
Netanyahu himself currently On trial for Bribery, fraud and breach of Confidence, charges he denies.
Claude Klein professor honorary in Law at the Hebrew University of Al-Quds told AFP that he did not expect the ruling to affect him coalition Shas also had an interest in remaining part of alliance.
But he warned that it might “accelerate” the government’s desire pass It justice repairs.
