Yashar's Eisenkot to receive mandate to form new government, president announces

Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot will be given the mandate to form a new government, President Isaac Herzog declared on Saturday. The official announcement will take place on Sunday at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. According to Basic Law: The Government, Eisenkot will have 28 days to assemble a coalition cabinet. The president has the power to extend this deadline by up to 14 days if needed.

Failure to form a government within the allotted time, or a failure to secure a confidence vote, would prompt the president to decide within three days whether to appoint another MK to the task or inform the Knesset speaker that a government formation is deemed impossible. In the event of a second candidate's failure or the president's decision against appointing another, a 21-day period would commence, allowing at least 61 MKs to jointly request the president to assign the mandate to a specific lawmaker, who would then have 14 days to form a government.

If all these attempts fail, the Knesset would be dissolved, and a new election would be held. Until a new government secures the Knesset's confidence and assumes office, the existing government would continue to function in a caretaker capacity.