AG: New appointments are politicizing police internal affairs, could harm election integrity
Baharavi-Miara warns amendment giving justice minister control over investigative unit is causing ‘politicization of law enforcement' as she asks top court to halt the appointments The post AG: New appointments are politicizing police internal affairs, could harm election integrity appeared first on The Times of Israel .
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has filed a Supreme Court brief arguing that recent appointments to a police oversight committee are being politicized and could compromise election integrity. The Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI), which investigates police misconduct, is set to select its leadership through a five-member committee.
According to Baharav-Miara, the Justice Ministry's Director-General, Itamar Donenfeld, improperly pushed through an appointment that would give the committee a majority of its members control from the Justice Ministry. The committee's other members include a civil service commissioner, a lawyer chosen by the Justice Minister, an expert in interrogations or criminal prosecutions, and a retired judge appointed by the head of the Knesset State Control Committee.
Baharav-Miara contends that this arrangement will instill fear in police officers, investigators, prosecutors, and journalists, and undermine the department's ability to perform its duty in ensuring the integrity of the upcoming election on October 27.
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