Legal Expert Doubts Haredi Government Demands Will Be Met
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
Legal commentator Avichai Grintz doubts Haredi parties' demands for legal arrangements in coalition talks will be met, citing legal and practical obstacles. He believes promises regarding conscription freezes will not be implemented, suggesting the Haredi parties are either overly optimistic or aiming to expose coalition agreements. The demands include a prior commitment from the Attorney General to defend any arrangement in the High Court of Justice.
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- Legal expert Avichai Grintz doubts Haredi parties' demands for legal arrangements in coalition talks will be met.
- Grintz stated that demanding prior commitment from the Attorney General to defend arrangements in court is legally untenable.
- A reported Haredi demand involves a freeze on arrests, sanctions, and conscription for 1-1.5 years.
- Grintz believes that even if promises are made, they will not be implemented in practice.
- He suggests the Haredi parties may be overly optimistic or seeking to expose coalition agreements on conscription.
Legal commentator Avichai Grintz expressed significant doubt on Monday regarding the Haredi parties' ability to achieve their desired legal arrangements in coalition talks for the next government. Grintz stated that their demand for a prior commitment from the Attorney General to defend such arrangements in the High Court of Justice (Bagatz) is legally untenable.
This comes after a report by Amit Segal suggesting the Haredi parties consider a one-to-one-and-a-half-year freeze on arrests, sanctions, and conscription processes, pending a new conscription law, as a realistic outcome. However, Grintz questions the feasibility of even reaching this point.
Grintz clarified that the Attorney General is not expected to provide advance legal opinions on private legislation before a government is formed, nor is it within her authority to opine on coalition agreements or guarantee their defense in court. He added that if the Haredi parties wish to advance the arrangement through government legislation, it would need to be formulated within the government's internal processes, a scenario he deems unlikely.
Beyond the legal hurdles, Grintz believes that even if the Haredi parties receive the assurances they seek, these promises will not be implemented. He described the situation as the Haredi parties "playing pretend," asserting that none of their demands will be fulfilled.
Grintz proposed two interpretations for the Haredi parties' insistence: either they are in a state of euphoria and genuinely believe they can secure these promises, or their true aim is to expose the agreements reached by Eisenkot, Bennett, and Lieberman on the conscription issue, thereby dismantling what is known as the "servants' alliance."
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