Knesset Legal Adviser Places New Obstacle Before Communications Law
Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik sent a letter to members of Knesset today (Thursday), in which she determines that the legislative process of the Communications Law is not proper as it currently stands. In her…
Assessment
The Knesset's legal adviser has effectively blocked the coalition's attempt to fast-track the communications law by ruling that thousands of objections cannot be voted on in the plenum without prior committee review. This procedural ruling halts a key coalition tactic of using mass objections as a parliamentary tool to delay or control legislation. The coalition must now decide whether to return the bill to committee, which would slow its progress, or find another way around the legal obstacle.