Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, May 5 (Reporter Shang Hao) The Israeli Presidential Palace issued a statement in the early morning of the 5th that Netanyahu, the current prime minister and leader of the right-wing party Likud, failed to succeed before the midnight deadline on the 4th. form a cabinet.
The statement said that Netanyahu has returned the right to form a cabinet to Israeli President Rivlin, who will contact the parliamentary parties on the formation of a new government on the 5th.
According to relevant Israeli laws, after Netanyahu’s failure to form a cabinet, Rivlin can authorize the leader of another party in the parliament to form a government.
If the new candidate for cabinet formation fails to form a government on time, Rivlin will directly transfer the power of cabinet formation to the parliament.
Any member can obtain the right to form a cabinet as long as he can obtain the recommendation of at least 61 members within 21 days, otherwise the parliament will be automatically dissolved and parliamentary elections will be held again.
Israel held parliamentary elections on March 23, which is the fourth parliamentary election held in the country in two years.
On April 6, Rivlin officially authorized Netanyahu to form a new government.
The Knesset is unicameral.
The law stipulates that a political party that has more than half of the seats in the parliament can form a separate cabinet.
Because of the numerous small and medium-sized parties, there has never been a single political party forming a cabinet in Israel's history.