Yamina pushes bill to prevent investigation against PM - Inside Israel

Yamina faction places 'French Law' before Knesset to prevent investigations against incumbent PM for 'non-serious' offences.

The Yamina faction today placed before the Knesset a "French law" bill aimed at preventing investigations against an incumbent prime minister except for serious offenses.

The faction explained why it was decided to submit the proposal now: "As we are seeing these days, investigations and criminal trials against an incumbent prime minister are severely hampering his ability to function and give the State Attorney too much power."

"Separation of powers must prevent a situation where it is possible to threaten an incumbent prime minister and thwart the election of the democratic public through legal persecution," the party added.

They also said that "in recent times, we have witnessed the most tangible damage of investigations against an incumbent prime minister against democracy, government stability, and public trust in the law enforcement system, which is rightly perceived as a political actor."

Earlier, MK Ayelet Shaked said the prime minister could not criticize the judicial system after not trying to promote changes in it.

"Netanyahu has not promoted or tried to change anything in the judiciary throughout his reign. As soon as the investigations opened, he changed his way. This is the first Knesset with a majority in the right to make changes, and he chose to form a coalition with the left."