Netanyahu tells Supreme Court AG should not be able to disqualify him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the High Court of Justice on Sunday that it was “inconceivable” for Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to decide who will be the next prime minister.

In a letter to the top legal body ahead of a Tuesday hearing on whether a lawmaker facing criminal indictment can be tapped to form a coalition, Netanyahu lamented that the charges Mandelblit announced against him in three corruption cases were preventing the people from deciding who will lead them.

“It is inconceivable that one public official, the attorney general, as important as he is, will determine instead of the general public along with its representatives in the Knesset who can run the state and who cannot,” Netanyahu wrote. “In a democracy, those who decide who will lead are the people — the people, and no else.”

The prime minister was responding to a petition submitted by attorney Dafna Holtz-Lachner in the name of a group of 67 well-known public figures, academics and tech executives, who argued that even if Netanyahu could not be asked to resign, the court should rule on his eligibility to run again.

MORE: https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-tells-supreme-court-ag-should-not-be-able-to-disqualify-him/

Netanyahu tells Supreme Court AG should not be able to disqualify him

1 reply

Comments are closed.