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Full coverage· Politics· Updated

Israel's Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Over State Comptroller Election

Israel's High Court of Justice dismissed a lawsuit demanding a second vote for State Comptroller, filed by Yaron Gadot against Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. The court cited the election of a new Knesset in late October, making the original order impossible to fulfill.

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What happened

  1. 01Israel's High Court of Justice dismissed a lawsuit over the State Comptroller election.
  2. 02The court cited the election of the 26th Knesset as a change in circumstances.
  3. 03The Speaker of the Knesset was ordered to pay 10,000 shekels in legal costs.
  4. 04The court acknowledged the Speaker's delay was a serious violation of governance.
  5. 05The lawsuit demanded a second round of voting for the State Comptroller.

While acknowledging the Speaker's delay was a serious violation, the court ordered him to pay the plaintiff 10,000 shekels in legal costs.

Translated and summarized by baba from Mignews, the latest report. Read Mignews’s original

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