(and I would add, to Pres. Herzog also)
Minister Levin: There will be no freezing of the legislation even for a minute
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who is initiating the judicial reform, responded on Sunday to President Isaac Herzog's proposal that negotiations be started in an attempt to reach an agreed upon legislation, and clarified that "there will not be a freeze in the legislation process, even for a minute."
In an interview with Channel 13 News, Levin blasted Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and said that "the story of the Attorney General is one big tragedy", and that he expects “the Attorney General to do a deep soul-searching".
Levin explained, "I seek to implement the policy for which I was elected, I submitted a memorandum of law, I asked to publish it to the public, and the Attorney General replied that she would comment on the memorandum. Unfortunately, I received back a brochure that does not hold water, and in fact the Attorney General did exactly the thing we are outraged about - instead of giving advice, she decides that the reform is not acceptable to her, and she thwarted the move."
"All the attempts to put spokes in the wheels will not help. This reform is fundamental and touches on important things in a democratic regime, I am convinced that we will pass it despite the conduct. If things do not change, we will act when and where things are right," he continued.
He also said that "holding talks is the right thing to do, it can bring benefits and improve some of the proposals. But when I look at the political picture at the moment, I have not found a single responsible Knesset member in the opposition."
Later, the Minister of Justice commented on his cooperation with Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and said, "We held working meetings, we still need to discuss things. But the one who should debate the reform is the Knesset, the place to hold discussions on legislation is in the Knesset, between me and members of the Knesset from the opposition. They are purposely abolishing the Knesset and making it unimportant, the decisions are made in private rooms - and this is unacceptable.”
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