Supreme Court Rejects Appeal over Likud Regional Slots, Backs Party Court Ruling
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LIKUD PRIMARIES: Court Blocks Sitting MKs From Running In District Slots
The Tel Aviv District Court on Monday rejected a petition challenging a Likud party court ruling that bars sitting Likud lawmakers from competing for district-reserved slots in the party primaries. Last week, the Likud court accepted petitions against a proposal that had narrowly passed at the party convention about a week earlier. That proposal would […]
The Tel Aviv District Court today (Monday) rejected the petitions filed against the Likud court's decision regarding the district contests. In doing so, the court upheld the decision to cancel the vote that allowed MKs, ministers and deputy ministers to run for the reserved seats for districts on the party's list. The Likud court's decision was made last week, after a series of petitions were filed against the clause that allowed incumbent MPs t…
Political and legal drama in the Likud: The Tel Aviv District Court, headed by Justice Yaakov Shaked, recently (Monday) dismissed MK Afif Amin Abed's lawsuit against the Likud Supreme Court. The ruling means that MKs and ministers, current or former, will not be able to run for district seats in the party's upcoming primaries - a move that is considered contrary to the wishes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who wanted to open the district…
A severe blow to the Likud MKs, which greatly increases the chances that they will only watch the next Knesset on television. The District Court upheld the decision of the Likud party's internal tribunal, and ruled that incumbent MKs will not be able to run again for the list through the districts. After an attempt by party members to expand the paths for incumbent MKs to run through the designated district slots, and the party's internal tribun…
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