Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced on Friday that he would not choose a new Police Commissioner at this time and would instead extend the term of interim Police Commissioner Moti Cohen by four months, until after the April elections to the Knesset.
Erdan explained that in the run-up to the elections, the appointment process would “suffer from uncertainty in both the legal and public aspects.”
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