Transportation Minister Miri Regev said in a radio interview Wednesday that Likud will hold primaries, and that Prime Minister Netanyahu's demands to the party will be heard. The statement comes after days of uncertainty over whether the party's Knesset list would be determined by internal elections or an arranging committee.
Transportation Minister Miri Regev told the 103FM program Seven Nine that after several days of uncertainty, Likud will indeed hold primaries, while acknowledging that Netanyahu's demands to the party will be heard. The statement is the clearest public assurance yet from a senior party figure that internal elections will proceed, amid weeks of internal tension over whether Netanyahu would bypass the primary vote via an arranging committee that would give him full control over the Knesset list.
As The Zioneer has reported, the push for an arranging committee has been the central flashpoint in Likud internal politics since early June. In recent weeks, senior Likud figures have openly resisted Netanyahu's reported demand for 10 reserved slots on the party list. The party's Constitution Committee, chaired by MK Haim Katz, was summoned for a Tuesday meeting aimed at codifying the primary method, a move seen as designed to present Netanyahu with a fait accompli.
Regev's remarks appear to chart a middle path — upholding the primary mechanism while signaling that the party's dominant figure will still shape the final list. What remains unconfirmed: whether the primaries will follow the existing regulations or a reformed framework, and whether the reserved-slot demand has been modified.
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