Shas convenes to decide on the candidate it will recommend for forming the government

Shas MKs will meet for the first time since the elections with Rabbi Moshe Maya to discuss the party's recommendation for the candidate to form the government and the possibility of replacing the Knesset Speaker. The decisions are expected to influence Shas's position in the consultations at the President's Residence on Wednesday.

For the first time since the elections, Shas MKs will meet today (Monday) with the elder of the Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Moshe Maya, to discuss the party's next political moves. On the agenda: the possibility of replacing the Knesset Speaker and Shas's recommendation to the President of the State on the candidate to form the next government. According to political sources, this is the first meeting of its kind since the elections, and the decisions reached are expected to influence the party's position in the round of consultations at the President's Residence, which will begin this coming Wednesday. Shas has not issued an official response regarding the content of the meeting.