Just Before the Weakening of the Role, the Deputy Attorney General's Instruction to Ministry Legal Advisors: 'Continue Your Work'
Ahead of the final approval of the weakening of the Attorney General's role, Attorney Gil Limon addressed the legal advisors in government ministries and explained the new instructions and definitions of the role. Alongside this,…
Assessment
The deputy attorney general's directive to government legal advisers, issued just before a final vote to weaken the attorney general's role, signals an internal attempt to maintain professional continuity amid a constitutional shift. By acknowledging the change as a regime alteration while urging continued impartial work, the memo frames the coming reform as a direct challenge to democratic identity. The key question is whether legal advisers will follow this call for steadfast professionalism or adapt to the new constraints once the law passes.