Likud's contingency plan in case Yair Lapid is elected Knesset Speaker

Likud has prepared a contingency plan in case Yair Lapid is elected Knesset Speaker: if a unity government is formed, they plan to change the law to allow his removal, since currently a majority of 90 Knesset members is required. Meanwhile, the Change Bloc has begun collecting signatures to hold the vote, and current Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana intends to delay it by a week.

The article reveals Likud's contingency plan in case Yair Lapid is elected Knesset Speaker. Next week, the 26th Knesset will be sworn in, and the Change Bloc intends to elect a new Speaker, with the tendency being to appoint Lapid to the position. The bloc leaders realized the role should go to one of them and began collecting signatures to hold the vote. Likud hopes that disagreements within the bloc will cause further delay and postpone Gadi Eisenkot's takeover of the Knesset. Current Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana plans to hold the vote only a week after the Knesset is sworn in. Likud has prepared a contingency plan: if a unity government is formed, they plan to change the law to allow Lapid's removal, since currently a majority of 90 Knesset members is required to remove the Knesset Speaker. Additionally, the Change Bloc plans to cancel laws related to the Attorney General, the Judicial Selection Committee, and the Police Internal Investigations Department, and to establish committees essential for the Knesset's functioning.