Three MKs from the Gil Pensioners party who split to form a new party along with Russian-Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak may have broken the law, according to attorney Nurit Elstein. Elstein, the Knesset’s legal advisor, said the new party may have violated two of the Knesset’s rules; one prohibiting parties from promising a spot in the next Knesset to a particular candidate, and another regulating sources of funding for Knesset factions.
The Knesset’s House Committee will meet Monday to decide whether or not the three MKs will be allowed to form a new faction, which they plan to call “Justice for the Pensioners.” Elstein decided to examine the new faction’s legality following a request from Pensioners’ faction head MK Yitzchak Galanti.