Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has temporarily backed down from his proposal to change the Likud party constitution. The Likud central committee had been scheduled to convene at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds on Wednesday evening to debate the prime minister’s plan to delay the election of a new committee by two years. Central committee members were then set to vote on the plan at polling stations on Thursday.
Netanyahu said Tuesday night that he had decided to wait for the results of a High Court appeal to a recent Tel Aviv District Court ruling that ordered the Likud to set a date for the central committee election in Wednesday’s meeting, fearing that it could invalidate the results if the prime minister won Thursday’s vote.
Netanyahu said Tuesday night that he had decided to wait for the results of a High Court appeal to a recent Tel Aviv District Court ruling that ordered the Likud to set a date for the central committee election in Wednesday’s meeting, fearing that it could invalidate the results if the prime minister won Thursday’s vote.