Ohana cooperates with the Attorney General – and stalls the Knesset Law

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana refuses to convene a special recess plenum session, despite a demand signed by 25 MKs led by Minister Shlomo Karhi, to discuss a fundamental decision that the High Court of Justice has no authority to annul laws. This comes against the backdrop of the Attorney General's demand to freeze the Broadcasting Law.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana refuses to convene a special recess plenum session, despite a demand signed by 25 MKs and submitted to him by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. At stake is a fundamental decision that the High Court of Justice has no authority to annul, freeze, or delay laws enacted by the Knesset. The issue gains added significance following the Attorney General's demand to the High Court to freeze the entire Broadcasting Law until a ruling on petitions against it. The state's response cited an "exceptional and extreme accumulation of flaws" in the legislative process. Ohana's office stated that the proposal was submitted illegally, by a minister, and that only six of the twenty-five signatories are ministers, and that it can be corrected and resubmitted lawfully. The article portrays Ohana as cooperating with the Attorney General, using the term "stalls" regarding the Knesset Law, and quotes his office's response.