Opposition Parties Seek Knesset Speaker Ouster, Propose Legislative Agenda

The Yashar party announced Tuesday that it had submitted over 61 signatures from Knesset members to Speaker Amir Ohana, requesting his replacement and a vote for a new speaker. The party also declared its decision to appoint MK Matan Kahane to the position. Ohana had requested the signatures to proceed with the replacement process, stating he would schedule the vote within a week of receiving them. The "change bloc" anticipates no delays in the voting process.

Concurrently, Yashar revealed that upon the convening of the 26th Knesset, it, along with other factions, submitted legislative proposals. These include a bill to establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7th massacre and a bill to limit the prime minister's term. The party also announced submissions of bills to repeal recent government legislation, such as laws concerning judicial appointments, weakening the Attorney General's office, subordinating the Police Internal Investigations Department to the Justice Minister, communications law, and changes to the rotation agreement for prime ministerial duties.

The Together party also announced its submission of a bill for a Basic Law: Declaration of Independence and a bill regulating civil unions. According to Yashar, the chairmen of Together (Naftali Bennett), the Democrats (Yair Golan), and Yisrael Beiteinu (Avigdor Lieberman), along with MK Yair Lapid, agreed that during the mandate period for government formation, Lieberman would chair the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. MK Roi Folkman (Yashar) is slated to become the next chairman of the Knesset Arrangements Committee, and MK Liran Avishar Ben-Horin (Together) will chair the Finance Committee. Agreements were also reached on the establishment of special committees, with details to be released later.