The petitions were submitted by the Movement for the Quality of Government and the Yisrael Beytenu party.
The hearing was opened by the lawyer Eliad Shraga, the chairman of the movement, who claimed that "Defendant number 2 (Prime Minister Netanyahu) decided to carry out a governmental coup in the State of Israel. He decided to crush the judiciary, he decided to dismantle the rule of the law enforcement system, he decided to dismantle the institution of the Attorney General, he decided to dismantle the prosecutor's office, the police - all the gatekeepers. From the Governor of the Bank of Israel to the Chairman of the Government Companies Authority and turn us into a borderline dictatorial state."
Shraga continued: "Here is an entirely personal event, and the words were clearly said on the record. Just a few hours after the law was passed, Netanyahu already gave a speech and declared that from now on the conflict of interest arrangement does not apply to him, and began to involve himself in the matter of the Supreme Court." READ MORE