The Haredi MKs have responded to the Knesset Legal Adviser's demand that they disclose relatives who are draft evaders before voting on the detention law, with a response described as 'detailed' by the lawmakers. The content of the response has not been reported.
The Haredi MKs have submitted a response to the Knesset Legal Adviser's demand for disclosure of relatives who are draft evaders before the vote on the detention law, describing their response as 'detailed'. The submission comes at 17:01 Jerusalem, hours after the legal adviser's initial demand and the MKs' earlier general disclosure.
Earlier today, at 13:56 Jerusalem, the Knesset Legal Adviser mandated that MKs with draft-evader relatives must disclose them before voting. Shas and United Torah Judaism MKs responded with a general disclosure statement but refused to name specific relatives, as first reported by N13/Army Radio. The thread then developed: at 13:56, N12 reported the legal adviser's warning that failure to declare could expose MKs to legal jeopardy. The Knesset subsequently formalized a procedure requiring disclosure of family arrest warrants, as reported by i24NEWS.
As The Zioneer reported on July 8, opposition MKs demanded an investigation into the Haredi lawmakers' potential conflict of interest on the draft-evasion bill. That same evening, United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush revealed that a coalition agreement with the legal counsel exempts lawmakers without relatives currently in detention from voting in committee in favor of the detention law, but requires a disclosure before the plenum vote.
The content of the current response has not been made public, and it remains unclear whether it includes specific names or addresses the extent of the disclosures demanded.
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