Attorney Michael Ravilo, whose election as State Comptroller was invalidated by the High Court, filed a motion on behalf of Likud to dismiss outright MK Sharren Haskel's petition seeking party funding. Ravilo argues the petition should be rejected without a hearing.
Attorney Michael Ravilo, on behalf of the Likud party, has filed a motion asking the High Court of Justice to dismiss outright MK Sharren Haskel's petition seeking party funding. The motion, reported Wednesday evening, argues that the petition should be rejected without a hearing.
Ravilo, who was elected State Comptroller by the Knesset in a vote that was later invalidated by the High Court, continues to represent Likud in legal proceedings. The petition by Haskel, a member of the opposition, seeks to secure party funding that she argues is owed to her faction. The Likud motion is the latest procedural step in the dispute, which is playing out against the broader backdrop of the coalition's criticism of judicial intervention in Knesset decisions.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday (17:29 Jerusalem), Ravilo's filing is part of an ongoing legal battle. The broader context includes the High Court's invalidation of Ravilo's election as comptroller—a move that sparked a constitutional crisis between the coalition and the judiciary. Likud has consistently defended the legality of the appointment, submitting multiple responses to the court. The party funding case is a separate but related issue, testing the court's willingness to intervene in internal parliamentary funding matters.
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