Deputy Attorney General Warns: "We Have Encountered Cases Where the Government Took the Law into Its Own Hands"
Gil Limon participated in a conference of legal advisors and issued a severe warning against the coalition's amended bill to split the role of the Attorney General. "The government will not be practically subject to…
Assessment
A senior legal advisor is publicly warning that the government has already taken the law into its own hands in certain cases, and that a proposed bill to split the attorney general's role would effectively remove the government's practical subordination to the rule of law. The stakes are the structural independence of legal oversight over the executive branch. Watch for how coalition leaders respond to this direct institutional challenge and whether the bill advances despite the warning.