The Likud Constitution Committee, which was ordered by the party court to meet by Tuesday 13:00, has postponed its session to Thursday, citing Prime Minister Netanyahu's scheduling constraints. Meanwhile, the party's elections committee will meet Tuesday, with the party convention pushed to next week.
The Likud Constitution Committee has postponed its Tuesday meeting to Thursday, citing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduling constraints, according to party sources.
The session was originally scheduled to convene by 13:00 Tuesday, following a party court ruling on Friday that gave the committee a deadline to adopt primary regulations or have the Central Committee vote on the 2022 regulations instead. The court's ruling came in response to a petition submitted by Tel Aviv District candidate Dor Harlef.
As The Zioneer reported, the committee and the party have been locked in weeks of internal debate over how Likud will select its Knesset slate. Chairman Haim Katz had earlier summoned the committee for Tuesday at 17:00 in a bid to force primaries, while other party figures have pushed for an arranging committee that would bypass primaries altogether. The party elections committee will convene Tuesday as scheduled; the party convention has been pushed to next week. It remains unclear whether the Thursday session will meet the court's deadline or trigger the fallback procedure.
4 developments
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- StrongLikud Constitution Committee to discuss reserved slots for Netanyahu on Sunday
- StrongLikud Constitution Committee begins meeting after 90-minute delay; court limits PM's proposals
- StrongLikud Constitution Committee to Vote Sunday on Two Proposals; Zvika Brot Tipped to Chair Arranging Committee
Source and signal
- Open-source intake