Knesset Legal Adviser Adv. Sagit Afik told a committee hearing that the text of the conscription bill, formulated over 86 sessions, was replaced with an entirely different arrangement that undermines the legislative process.
Knesset Legal Adviser Adv. Sagit Afik criticized the conscription bill's legislative process during a committee hearing on Wednesday, stating that the version agreed upon after 86 sessions had been replaced with a fundamentally different arrangement that bears little relation to the original bill's objectives. Afik said the change harms the integrity of the legislative process.
The criticism comes as the coalition advances its effort to resolve the conscription crisis before the Knesset disperses. As The Zioneer previously noted (June 29), the legal adviser to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee also opposed the so-called "deserters bill," arguing it created a bypass track around conscription law.
Afik's remarks add a significant procedural objection from the Knesset's own legal counsel, though the details of the replacement arrangement have not been fully disclosed in public.
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