The High Court of Justice convened Sunday morning with a five-justice panel—President Isaac Amit, Deputy President Noam Sohlberg, and Justices Dafna Barak-Erez, Yael Willner, and Ruth Ronnen—to hear petitions challenging the Knesset's election of State Comptroller Michael Ravilo, after the Knesset rejected a repeat vote, according to The Jerusalem Post.
The High Court of Justice convened a five-justice panel Sunday morning, Jun 28, to hear petitions challenging the Knesset's election of Michael Ravilo as State Comptroller. President Isaac Amit led the bench, which also included Deputy President Noam Sohlberg and Justices Dafna Barak-Erez, Yael Willner, and Ruth Ronnen. The hearing, which opened at 09:11 Jerusalem, follows the Knesset's rejection of a motion for a repeat vote earlier in the day. The same enlarged panel had been set on Jun 22, as The Zioneer reported, and the court's decision now awaits.
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