Party sources assess that the Likud convention set for Tuesday will be postponed to Thursday, pushing the primary elections to mid-August. The move follows a series of delays in the party's Constitution Committee, which is expected to not reach a decision today, as Prime Minister Netanyahu seeks to secure MK votes on legislation by week's end.
The Likud party's internal crisis over primaries continues to deepen. Party sources say the convention scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) is expected to be postponed to Thursday, pushing the primary elections to mid-August. The assessment comes as the Likud Constitution Committee, which convened at 15:00 today after earlier postponements, is not expected to reach a decision.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the committee meeting was postponed multiple times this morning before being rescheduled for 15:00. The previous bulletin noted that the meeting had been delayed from Sunday to Monday, then to 15:00 Monday. Sources now indicate that even today's session may not produce a resolution.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is reportedly prioritizing the passage of legislation through the Knesset plenum by the end of the week and wants to avoid having disgruntled MKs during the voting process. The party's internal struggles over candidate selection and reserved slots have been ongoing for weeks, with multiple committee meetings postponed or canceled. A final date for primaries remains uncertain, with the current assessment pointing to mid-August, pending the convention's rescheduling.
3 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake