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Justice Minister Urges Defiance of Supreme Court Ruling on State Comptroller Election

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First reported by Ynet · 18 minutes ago

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Justice Minister Yariv Levin urged ignoring the Supreme Court's order for repeat elections for Israel's State Comptroller, insisting the appointed candidate should assume office immediately. The Knesset has not scheduled the rerun vote, amid political consultations and coalition opposition to the court ruling.

01Justice Minister Yariv Levin calls to defy Supreme Court ruling on State Comptroller elections.
02Levin insists no repeat elections should occur; Attorney Reuven Rivlin should take office.
03Supreme Court ordered repeat elections six days prior but set no deadline.
04Knesset has not announced when or if repeat elections will be held.
05Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Netanyahu's circle consider ignoring the ruling.
06Coalition members oppose holding repeat elections as mandated by the court.

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