On Sunday, Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri announced that his party plans to back the proposal to remove Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara when it is presented to the government for approval.
“If [Justice Minister Yariv] Levin brings the dismissal of the Attorney General to the government for approval – all Shas ministers will vote in favor,” Deri confirmed during an interview on Channel 14.
He elaborated further, stating, “I think she harms democracy in the most serious way possible. She was chosen by a search committee by a majority vote, but the President of the Supreme Court and the Chairman of the Committee, Asher Grunis, said she is unfit for the position. ‘You don’t appoint a brigadier general as Chief of Staff,’ that’s what he said.”
Deri also commented on attempts to minimize the Prime Minister’s contributions during the recent conflict, saying, “Netanyahu led everything we saw in the north – from the beepers to Nasrallah.”
When asked about the possibility of a hostage exchange agreement, Deri firmly stated, “We will not agree to a deal that means stopping the war.”
Addressing the Draft Law, the Shas leader shared that, “The Prime Minister informed the heads of the haredi factions that a draft law agreed upon by us will be approved in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee within a week to ten days, and immediately after that, it will pass its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum.”
{Matzav.com Israel}