Constitution Committee chair MK Simcha Rothman presented the decision to split the bill on the Attorney General and State Prosecutor roles to the Knesset plenum Monday evening. Rothman stated that a legal adviser 'advises, he does not make law or rule — he states the existing legal situation and gives an opinion on it,' according to Rothman's remarks.
Constitution Committee chair MK Simcha Rothman brought the split of the Attorney General and State Prosecutor bill to the Knesset plenum on Monday evening, marking the next legislative step after the committee approved the bill earlier Monday. Rothman framed the reform by saying a legal adviser's role is advisory, not lawmaking — "he states the existing legal situation and gives an opinion on it."
The measure, which would formally separate the advisory and prosecutorial functions of the Attorney General, passed the Constitution Committee earlier Monday evening. As The Zioneer reported at 20:13, the committee approved the bill, and Rothman has been pushing an amendment by MK Boaron that would cancel the statutory subordination of ministry legal advisers to the Attorney General. The bill now heads toward its second and third readings in the plenum.
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