The Likud party canceled a scheduled vote in its central committee on prime ministerial slots and party regulations, according to Ynet. The vote was part of the party's primary process.
The Likud party has officially canceled the scheduled vote on prime ministerial slots and party regulations, according to Ynet. This follows Monday evening's reports that the vote was expected to be postponed. The cancellation comes as of Tuesday morning, with no reason provided in the initial report.
The Zioneer reported on Monday evening at 20:22 Jerusalem that Channel 14 had published recordings from the Likud Constitution Committee debate, initially described as dramatic. Subsequent reports at the same time revealed that the recordings captured anger over reserved slots allegedly engineered for associates of Haim Katz, and that Prime Minister Netanyahu had stated that only a security situation preventing physical voting would justify moving to an organizing committee. Finally, party sources indicated the vote on Netanyahu's reserved slots proposal was expected to be postponed, which has now been confirmed as a cancellation.
The development follows a previous cancellation of a Likud vote on July 16, when the party confirmed that Netanyahu ordered the cancellation due to legal delays that prevented many members from voting, as The Zioneer reported at the time.
It remains unclear what prompted this specific cancellation, and whether the vote will be rescheduled. The party management has not yet announced a new date.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake