The Likud central committee on Monday evening approved Prime Minister Netanyahu's initiative for reserved slots on the party's national list and passed Minister Haim Katz's reform proposal by a narrow majority, according to ynet.
The Likud central committee voted Monday evening to approve both Prime Minister Netanyahu's initiative for reserved slots on the party's national list and Minister Haim Katz's reform proposal, with Katz's proposal passing by a narrow majority, according to ynet. The committee also approved the change allowing sitting MKs to run in districts, as reported earlier by i24NEWS and N12.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, the vote had been scheduled for that day. The Netanyahu proposals, including the eight reserved slots, were approved by a narrow margin of just six votes, according to N12's Amit Segal—a detail that emerged from the thread of updates published during the evening. The Katz reform had already received preliminary approval by the Likud committee in a vote on July 13, as The Zioneer reported at the time; Monday's vote was the final approval by the full central committee.
In the background, as The Zioneer reported on July 13, Minister Katz's compromise proposal had been preliminarily approved. Earlier Monday, N12's Daphna Liel reported on the expected composition of the Likud list should the proposals pass, ahead of the vote.
Both reforms are now finalized, though their full implications for the party's internal dynamics and future primaries remain to be seen.
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