Netanyahu misses party's 9:00 p.m. deadline to publish Likud slate, says will submit by Tues. a.m.
MK David Bitan argued that the failure to publish the names of the candidates for the reserved slots impaired the ability of secretariat members to prepare for the vote.
The head of Israel's Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, failed to publish the party's slate of candidates for reserved party slots by Monday night's deadline. The deadline was set for 9:00 p.m. (1:00 a.m. GMT) and was required by an internal court ruling.
In response to Netanyahu's missed deadline, the party's legal adviser will now need to explain why a secret ballot should not be held without collecting signatures from 10% of party members. The legal dispute was triggered by MK David Bitan's petition challenging the reserved slot for Defense Minister Israel Katz.
The court's ruling stated that the previously required 48-hour period for members to consider the matter had expired, and they could not reopen the issue of Katz's reserved slot. Likud legal adviser Ilan Bombach argued that the 48-hour period was intended to allow members to consider the matter and potentially demand a secret ballot if they deemed it justified. However, the court did not believe that canceling the reserved slots was a justified remedy in this situation.
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