Judge questions if Likud court overstepped authority in clash over party primary rules
The case centers on a narrowly approved change that would allow serving MKs and ministers to compete for district slots on the Likud’s Knesset list, a move the party tribunal ruled could not stand.
A Tel Aviv District Court judge has raised questions about whether Israel's Likud party's top internal court overstepped its authority in a dispute over the rules for the party's upcoming primaries. The case centers on a narrowly approved change that would allow serving MKs and ministers to compete for district slots on the Likud's Knesset list, a move that the party tribunal later ruled could not stand.
Judge Yaakov Shaked did not issue a ruling at the end of the hearing, saying a written judgment would follow. The dispute is complicated by the way Likud builds its Knesset list, with serving ministers barred from competing through the district route. The Likud's internal tribunal later ruled that serving MKs and ministers could not run in the district races.
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