The Knesset Finance Committee session on budget transfers was delayed Tuesday due to infighting within the coalition, according to N12. Representatives of Haredi parties boycotted the hearing over the stalled daycare funding bill, leaving the coalition without a majority for votes.
The Knesset Finance Committee session on budget transfers was stalled Tuesday afternoon as a coalition standoff over the daycare funding bill escalated. According to N12, representatives of Haredi parties boycotted the hearing after coalition infighting over the daycare bill, leaving the coalition without the necessary majority to hold votes on routine budget transfers.
This paralysis follows a series of escalating measures by Haredi parties. As The Zioneer reported on Monday, Shas and UTJ announced they would halt all coalition voting in the Knesset plenum until the daycare funding bill is brought to a vote. MK Moshe Gafni (Degel HaTorah) had already informed the coalition Tuesday morning that his party's reps on the Finance Committee would oppose all budget transfers.
The daycare funding bill, which would provide daycare subsidies for yeshiva students, has been repeatedly delayed by the coalition, which says it lacks a majority to pass it. The standoff threatens to stall routine legislative and budgetary business with no immediate resolution in sight.
2 developments
- DevelopingOpposition MKs ask to postpone Knesset debate on yeshiva daycare funding for draft-dodgers
- StrongUTJ furious as coalition delays daycare funding vote; Gafni lashes out at Likud
- StrongShas and UTJ halt coalition voting in Knesset over daycare bill delay
- StrongDaycare subsidy bill will not be brought to a vote this week
Source and signal
- Internal intake