Knesset Approves Steering Committee Composition Amid Likud Criticism
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
The Knesset plenum approved the composition of the Steering Committee with 63 votes in favor and 50 against, based on a proposal by the "change bloc" parties. The committee will have 22 members, with Likud receiving five seats and the Yishai faction four. The Likud party criticized the decision, calling it a collaboration with "supporters of terror."
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- Knesset approved Steering Committee composition with 63 votes for, 50 against.
- The "change bloc" proposal allocates 22 seats proportionally to party size.
- Likud will have 5 members, Yishai faction 4, Joint List, Democrats, Ra'am 2 each.
- Otzma Yehudit, UTJ, Shas, Religious Zionism get 1 member each.
- Likud criticized the vote as a collaboration with "supporters of terror."
The Knesset plenum on Wednesday approved the composition of the Steering Committee for the 26th Knesset, following a proposal by the "change bloc" parties. The vote passed with 63 members in favor and 50 against. The committee will consist of 22 members, allocated proportionally to party size, with one committee member for every five Knesset members. Consequently, the Likud party will have five members, and the Yishai faction will have four. The Joint List, Democrats, and Ra'am will each receive two members, while Otzma Yehudit, United Torah Judaism, Shas, and the Religious Zionism party will each have one member on the committee.
MK Roi Folkman, who proposed the arrangement, stated after the vote, "Good politics, in my opinion, is pragmatic politics. Decorum is something that cannot be legislated, but there are norms and there are laws." He added, "I offered MK Katz agreements on the composition. I am a man of agreements. Disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing is unnecessary and a shame to create tensions just for the sake of it."
The Likud party reacted swiftly to the approval, stating, "It has begun. The parties of Izencoat, Liberman, and Bennet voted today together with Tibi and Abbas in the Knesset plenum. We call on you, come to unity. Cease these collaborations with supporters of terror who boycott the national anthem."
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