The Likud party court dismissed for a second time attorney Avraham Bombach's request on behalf of MK Haim Katz to reconvene the Constitution Committee to present a new proposal. The court's ruling means the committee's convening is illegal, and any decisions to change party regulations would face petitions to the district court, according to journalist Nadav Elimelech.
The Likud party court on Sunday rejected for a second time MK Haim Katz's request to reconvene the Constitution Committee, declaring that any convening is illegal. The ruling came hours after the committee actually convened at 16:00 as scheduled, according to prior reports. The vote on Prime Minister Netanyahu's reserved slots was postponed during that meeting, but the court's decision now casts doubt on the meeting's legal validity.
According to the story thread published on Saturday evening, the committee was set to meet at 16:00 on Sunday to address ‘faction within a faction’ claims (published at 22:56 Jerusalem). A later thread item confirmed the meeting took place and the vote on reserved slots was postponed. These reports were based on ynet. The court's rejection of Katz's request—the second such denial—now adds a judicial layer: the party court has effectively ruled that the convening was unauthorized.
As The Zioneer has reported over the past month, the Constitution Committee has been at the center of internal Likud disputes over primary election methods, with repeated postponements and boycotts. Background items from July 9 and earlier detail Katz's efforts to push through proposals amid legal challenges. The court's second rejection highlights ongoing legal hurdles to reshaping party regulations through the committee.
It remains unclear whether the meeting that took place at 16:00 will be challenged in district court, and whether any decisions or votes passed during it will be contested. The exact legal status of the meeting's outcomes is open.
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