Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declares success in forming cabinet
Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, May 13 (Reporter Chen Wenxian, Shang Hao) The Israeli Prime Minister ’s Office issued a statement on the evening of the 13th that Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that night he had successfully formed a new government.
Netanyahu wrote a letter to Israeli President Rivlin and the leader of the middle-party Blue and White Party that night, Gantz, who has announced his resignation from the post of Speaker, said that he has successfully formed a new government.
The new Israeli government will be sworn in on the evening of the 14th. The Israeli parliament announced on the evening of the 13th the procedural arrangements for the new government to be sworn in.
Gantz issued a statement on the evening of the 12th, announcing his resignation as Speaker. According to the agreement signed between Netanyahu and Ganz on April 20, Netanyahu will be the first prime minister in the coalition government for a period of 18 months. Gantz will be deputy prime minister and minister of defense; Netanyahu After the term ends, Gantz will take over as Prime Minister, and Netanyahu will become Deputy Prime Minister.
For more than a year, Israel has been in a stalemate in forming cabinets and the parliament has conducted three elections. On March 16 this year, Rivlin officially authorized Gantz, recommended by 61 members, to form a new government, but Gantz failed to sign an agreement with Netanyahu to form a coalition government within the cabinet formation period. Rivlin announced on April 16 that he would hand over the cabinet formation to the parliament. On May 7, Rivlin officially authorized Netanyahu, recommended by 72 MPs, to form a new government.