Towards a dissolution of the Israeli Parliament next week?
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, two leaders of Israel's ruling coalition, will introduce a bill to dissolve parliament and thus call for early elections, they said on Monday (June 20).
"After having exhausted all attempts to stabilize the coalition, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and (...) Yaïr Lapid have decided to pass the law (of dissolution of Parliament) in the Knesset next week", they underline in a statement, stating that "the rotation will be done in an orderly manner".
Several weeks of political instability
The two men had united in June 2021 a unique coalition in the history of Israel bringing together parties of the right, center, left, and for the first time, an Arab formation, in order to put an end to the reign of Benjamin Netanyahu at the head of the government.
However, the Bennett-Lapid coalition agreement also provided for a rotation between the two men at the head of the government and the replacement of Naftali Bennett by Yaïr Lapid in the event of the dissolution of Parliament.
If the bill aiming to dissolve the Parliament is indeed adopted by the deputies, Yaïr Lapid will thus become the new Prime Minister of Israel until the formation of a new government.
With AFP
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