Smotrich and Rothman to launch new plan for judicial reform
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Constitution Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman are expected to launch tomorrow a comprehensive plan to reform the judicial system and regulate relations between the branches of government. The plan will be presented as a continuation of changes advanced in the previous government, including the abolition of the reasonableness standard and changes to the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, and will be implemented after the elections.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman are expected to launch tomorrow (Tuesday) a comprehensive plan to reform the judicial system and regulate relations between the branches of government. The plan will be presented as a Religious Zionism plan to continue the changes advanced in the previous government and will be implemented after the elections. This move marks the return of the judicial issue to the forefront, after a series of significant changes to the judicial system and relations between the branches were advanced during the previous government's term. Among the moves advanced recently are the abolition of the reasonableness standard, changing the method of selecting the Ombudsman for Judges, changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, abolishing the Apropim rulings, the Rabbinical Courts Law, and reducing the power of the Attorney General. The new plan is expected to continue this line and present a broader framework for changes that Smotrich and Rothman seek to advance after the elections, as part of the Religious Zionism perspective on the judicial system and the division of powers between the branches. After its launch, this will be the third plan Smotrich presents ahead of the upcoming elections. It was preceded by a plan to reduce reserve duty days through personnel optimization and other measures, as well as a plan to relocate the settlement revolution from Judea and Samaria to the Negev and Galilee.