Knesset Legal Adviser Opposes Cancellation of Budget Transfers: No Violations Even During Elections

Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik presented her response to appeals against budget transfers approved by the Finance Committee on August 4, totaling billions of shekels, including funds for religious institutions and settlements. She stated that the committee's work involved no violations justifying judicial intervention. According to her, the Knesset Speaker has the authority to sanction the convening of committees in special cases, including those related to budget transfers, even coalitional ones.

Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik presented an official response to appeals filed against budget transfers approved by the Finance Committee on August 4. The amounts involved are in the billions of shekels, directed, among other things, to religious institutions and settlements. In her response, Afik wrote that the committee's work "involved no violations justifying judicial intervention." She also explained that the Knesset Speaker has the authority to sanction the convening of committees in special cases, including those related to budget transfers, even coalitional ones. This statement removes obstacles to the approval of these transfers, which had drawn criticism from the opposition. The legal adviser's decision strengthens the coalition's position, allowing the distribution of funds to continue without court proceedings.