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Israel: a prime minister fired under pressure from justice

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced, under pressure from justice, to dismiss government number two Arie Dery on Sunday, who was convicted of tax evasion. Leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shass party, Mr. Netanyahu’s second coalition formation, Arié Dery was appointed Minister of Health and Interior in the government formed at the end of December at the end of legislative elections on November 1. But when On Wednesday, Israel’s Supreme Court annulled his appointment and recalled that Mr. Dery announced at the beginning of 2022 his withdrawal from political life to avoid prison after his conviction for tax evasion. ” Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem attended by Dery. find a legal way so that Mr. Dery will “contribute to the service of the State of Israel”. – “A circus” – His removal from government follows Wednesday’s decision by the Supreme Court, the country’s highest court. In a statement, he announced that he decided by a majority of ten judges out of eleven that the appointment as minister of Mr. Dery, “cannot be confirmed”. “The Prime Minister should fire him.” Despite the announcement of his departure from political life, Mr. Dery was elected deputy in the legislative elections in November and then appointed to the government. Opposition leader Yair Lapid called the government a “circus” on Twitter “Netanyahu is weak, but he should appoint a full-time health minister and interior minister by now,” he said. “The people of Israel should not pay the price for the corruption and chaos of this government.” Lapid joined a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday that gathered around 100,000 Israelis according to media estimates, to protest their rejection of the Netanyahu government’s policy, which they claim is feared to be an anti-democratic drift. This is the most important demonstration since Benjamin Netanyahu returned to the head of the government in December that combines the right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, the most right-wing in the history of Israel.- “Serious contradiction” – Mr. Netanyahu himself has been tried for corruption in several cases and his trial is ongoing. In Israel, the Prime Minister does not have any judicial immunity but does not have to resign or step down for the duration of his trial. December, the representatives voted a text, christened “Dery law” by the press, which allows a person found guilty of a crime, but not sentenced to prison, to sit in the government. The Supreme Court criticized this law and considered that the appointment of Mr. Dery is “serious contradiction with the fundamental principles of the rule of law”. many governments. In 1993, the Supreme Court requested that he be removed from his post as Minister of the Interior, after being charged with corruption. In 2000, he was sentenced to three years in prison and was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence. In Israel, where the Basic Laws serve as the Constitution, the judiciary is the only one capable of controlling the government. the introduction of a “derogation” clause allowing Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court decision by a simple majority. This reform, which must be submitted to Parliament at an unspecified date, aims to increase the power of elected officials over magistrates and endanger according to its detractors the democratic nature of the State of Israel.dms/tp