Minister Chikli Slams Pundits Who Predicted Likud's Demise
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Minister Amichai Chikli criticized pundits who predicted the Likud party would win only 18 seats in the recent election, stating their forecasts were inaccurate based on exit polls. While expressing satisfaction with the party's projected performance, Chikli cautioned that final results are still pending and a Likud victory is not yet confirmed. He noted that the full picture of the election outcome may take several more days to become clear.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Minister Amichai Chikli criticized pundits who predicted the Likud party would win only 18 seats.
- Chikli stated that earlier forecasts predicting a weak Likud performance proved inaccurate.
- He cautioned that final election results are still pending and a Likud victory is not yet confirmed.
- The minister suggested the full election picture may take two to three more days to emerge.
- Chikli expressed satisfaction with the Likud's projected performance in the exit polls.
Minister Amichai Chikli, speaking from the Likud party headquarters to Arutz 7 after the release of election exit polls, sharply criticized those who had predicted the party would win only 18 seats and declared its political demise. Chikli stated that these earlier forecasts proved inaccurate.
He emphasized, however, that the exit poll results do not definitively mean the Likud won the election, and that the final results must await the official vote count. Chikli, who had also been interviewed by Arutz 7 two days prior to the election, expressed satisfaction with the discrepancy between early predictions and the party's performance in the exit polls for the 26th Knesset.
The minister criticized commentators and pollsters who estimated a significant weakening of the Likud, asserting that those who had written off the party and underestimated its political strength were proven wrong. Nevertheless, Chikli clarified that the exit poll outcomes do not determine a Likud victory. He suggested that it might take another two or three days for the complete picture to emerge after all votes are tallied.
Chikli concluded that even if the identity of the next government remains uncertain, it is already clear that the predictions of the Likud securing only 18 seats were far from the results reflected in the exit polls.
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