High Court of Justice orders Levin: Refrain from advancing appointment of next head of Police Internal Investigations Department until Attorney General's decision
The court ordered the Minister of Justice to refrain at this stage from advancing appointments under the new Police Internal Investigations Law, including the appointment of the department's director, until the Attorney General's ruling. The…
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The High Court has frozen the Justice Minister's ability to appoint the next head of the Police Internal Investigations Department under a new law, pending the Attorney General's decision. This creates a direct standoff between the judiciary and the executive over who controls law enforcement oversight. The Movement for Quality Government, which petitioned against the law, welcomed the ruling. Watch for the Attorney General's ruling and whether the minister defies the court's instruction.