Israel's President Set to Task Opposition Leader With Forming Government
Translated & summarized from Jüdische Allgemeine by baba
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is expected to assign the mandate to form a government on Sunday to opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot. Eisenkot received the most recommendations but lacks a secure parliamentary majority following the October 27 election. The candidate has 28 days, extendable by 14, to form a coalition, or the mandate will pass to another parliament member.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- President Isaac Herzog will likely task opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot with forming Israel's next government.
- Gadi Eisenkot received the most recommendations but lacks a secure parliamentary majority.
- Neither the governing coalition nor the opposition bloc secured a majority in the October 27 election.
- The tasked candidate has 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension, to form a coalition.
- Failure to form a government will result in the mandate being given to another parliament member.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is expected to assign the mandate to form a government on Sunday. Opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, 66, is considered the most likely candidate to receive the mandate. Eisenkot garnered the most recommendations during the president's consultations with the parties, but he does not yet have a secure parliamentary majority. The process of forming a government is expected to be difficult and complex because neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition nor the opposition bloc secured the required majority of 61 out of 120 seats in the October 27 parliamentary election. The candidate tasked by President Herzog will have 28 days to form a coalition, with a possible 14-day extension. If this attempt fails, the head of state will assign the mandate to another member of parliament for 28 days.
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