Today (Thursday) at 10:30, the judges of the Supreme Court will deliberate on an appeal against the Incapacity Law. The dramatic hearing will be attended by President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut, Judge Uzi Fogelman, and Judge Yitzhak Amit.
The appeal was submitted by the Movement for Quality Government and Knesset member Oded Forer from Israel Beiteinu. The petitioners argue that the amendment to "The Basic Law - the Government" drastically changes the procedure for the indictment of the Prime Minister, essentially becoming a personal law for Netanyahu following his trial and misuse of the Knesset mechanism.
The surprising battle between the legal advisors
It is worth mentioning that the Attorney General for the government, Gali Baharav-Miara, sided with the petitioners and the opinion she published argues that the law should be canceled. Miara claimed: "This is an abuse of the Knesset's authority in order to improve the personal legal situation of the Prime Minister and allow him to act contrary to the court's ruling."
Surprisingly, the Knesset's legal advisor, Sagit Afik, vehemently opposed this opinion, claiming that the annulment of the Basic Law is an exceptional event. As a result, she requested that after today's hearing, another opinion be sent for review, representing the legal consultation of the Knesset.
Dramatic legal event: disqualification of two fundamental laws in less than two months?
It should be noted that a discussion in the Supreme Court regarding the annulment of a Basic Law is not a common occurrence, and today's hearing is considered particularly dramatic, given the legal legislation and the arguments that the power of the Supreme Court should be limited.
In addition to today's hearing, in about a month and a half the judges of the High Court of Justice will discuss the invalidation of the law to reduce the Clause of Reasonability that was passed as an amendment to the basic law - "The Judiciary". So it turns out that in the near future and in a rather historic way, the High Court will discuss the invalidation of two basic laws ("The Government" and "The Judiciary") enacted by elected officials in the Knesset Plenum.
