June 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has accused the opposition of not wanting to reach a minimum agreement regarding judicial reform and has insisted that the measure is necessary in a context of increasing polarization.
“I think that the majority of the population understands that there must be judicial reform,” Netanyahu highlighted in an interview with ‘The Jerusalem Post’, adding that he does not see the process as being set aside and that its achievement should be ” more peaceful.”
In this way, he has criticized those who tip the balance towards one extreme or the other: towards violent activism against the measure or towards the discredit of judicial work, with the defense that the Supreme Court must be controlled entirely from the legislature.
“Does it make sense that judges can cancel government decisions that are not based on any law, but rather that any judge can decide arbitrarily if something seems reasonable or not? It doesn’t make sense,” he questioned.
Netanyahu has thus alluded to the fact that many members of Parliament agree with this premise, although they are limited “by all kinds of pressure” and has taken the opportunity to accuse the Israeli opposition of not wanting to even reach a minimum agreement.
The Israeli prime minister has also defended that despite the “turmoil” and the “publicity hype” against the measure and other initiatives promoted by his government, the economy in Israel is “very strong.” “The media just don’t pay attention (to his achievements),” he has said.
Israel has lived through months of continuous protests against the judicial reform promoted by Netanyahu, whose objective is to give control of the Judicial Appointments Committee to the government party or coalition, which could also order the dismissal of judges in all courts, since the aforementioned body it has the authority to do so, without the need for a consensus with the representatives of the judicial apparatus.
