Judicial reform: First reasonability – then the rest of the reform

In closed meeting, PM Netanyahu, Justice Min. ministers, decide to reduce reasonability first, focus on rest of judicial reform later.

Israel National News

Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Yariv Levin (R)Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night met with Justice Minister Yariv Levin (Likud), Minister in the Justice Ministry Dudi Amsalem (Likud), and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (Likud) to discuss continued efforts to advance the judicial reform.

Channel 12 News reported that in the current meeting, it was decided to focus only on reducing reasonability. Only after this step has been completed will additional steps in the reform’s legislation be discussed.

Levin and Amsalem demanded that the Prime Minister pass an additional law during the Knesset’s summer session: a change in the status of attorney generals, or a change in the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee.

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On Monday morning, the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee will resume its discussion regarding reducing reasonability regarding issues of elected officials, especially a prime minister and ministers.

Currently, the court can invalidate the government’s decisions if it decides that they are “an extreme deviation from the range of reasonability.” The change proposed by the coalition will mean that there can be no judicial criticism at all of decisions made by the elected officials – not on issues of policy and not on issues of appointment.