The Likud party issued a statement Friday night accusing the High Court of Justice's ban on the Elector election management app of being a 'deliberate political injury to the right' and directly attacking Justice Hanan Solberg, chairman of the Central Elections Committee. Likud said Solberg, who previously argued against changing the rules mid-game, is now acting as a political player to harm the right-wing camp a month before elections. The statement called the court decision a danger to democracy and claimed the court is trying to topple the right-wing government.
The Likud party released the full text of its statement Friday night directly accusing Justice Hanan Solberg, chairman of the Central Elections Committee, of acting as a 'political player' in the High Court's decision to ban the Elector election management app.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Friday (00:10), Likud had denounced the court's final order via ynet. The party's own statement, published shortly after, expands the attack, specifically targeting Solberg for what it says is a reversal of his own principle. Likud claimed that Solberg's ruling 'changes the rules mid-game' — a phrase he himself used to justify refraining from intervention — and that the decision is a 'deliberate political injury' aimed at the right-wing camp a month before the October 27 elections.
The statement also warns that the next government must appoint ten Supreme Court justices and accuses the court of trying to 'topple the right-wing government.' The Elector app, which allowed parties to track voter turnout at polling stations in real time, was banned by the High Court on Thursday evening in a final order, over privacy and legal concerns. The controversy has become a central political flashpoint ahead of the elections.
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