The Likud party and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a sworn statement to the High Court of Justice on Wednesday, arguing that the election of Michael Ravilo as State Comptroller was lawful and that canceling it would be judicial overreach into Knesset authority. Attorney Ilan Bombach, representing Likud, accused the opposition of hypocrisy for disavowing a procedural agreement reached in real time.
Likud and the Prime Minister's Office submitted their formal response to the High Court of Justice on Wednesday, opposing petitions seeking to overturn the Knesset's election of Michael Ravilo as State Comptroller.
In the response, attorney Ilan Bombach argued that the election was held lawfully and that the petitioners are attempting an improper judicial intervention that undermines the separation of powers and the Knesset's authority. The response centers on an agreement reached in real time between the coalition and opposition, which allowed MKs who wished to photograph their vote to do so, while maintaining the secret ballot for others. Bombach accused the opposition of reneging on that understanding.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday, Bombach had already condemned the opposition's petition as hypocritical. The current filing formalizes the coalition's legal defense, asserting that the opposition is constructing an "insurance policy" to challenge general election results under the same legal rationale. The response also includes affidavits from MKs denying any alleged directive to document voting.
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