The annual report of the State Comptroller will not be submitted for the first time since the office was established, according to reports. The unprecedented situation stems from the ongoing vacancy: Israel has been without a State Comptroller for three months, following the High Court's disqualification of the appointment process and a resulting parliamentary deadlock in the Knesset.
For the first time since the establishment of the office, the State Comptroller's annual report will not be submitted. The announcement follows a three-month vacancy created after Matanyahu Englman ended his term on July 5. The High Court of Justice had ordered the Knesset to hold elections for a new comptroller, but the Knesset Speaker has not set a vote, and reports have indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to leave the position unfilled until after the next general election.
As The Zioneer reported on July 5, Englman's departure left the office entirely vacant—unlike many senior roles where an interim deputy is named. On July 13, it was reported that Netanyahu decided against holding new elections, and on July 28, Englman himself called the situation 'abnormal' and 'flying under the radar.'
The non-submission of the annual report means that a key pillar of internal oversight—auditing government spending, administrative conduct, and national preparedness—has been suspended. The comptroller's office had been conducting a high-profile investigation into the October 7 security failures, parts of which were halted by the High Court in June. No alternative mechanism for independent audit of state institutions has been established during the vacancy.
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