Channel 13 News reports that Chairman Avi Gabbay, who is not planning to run for re-election, has asked Labor members to approve a decision to put him in second place on the Knesset ballot.
The place was secured in the previous Knesset for retired general Tal Russo, who announced his retirement from political life earlier Monday and Gabbay hopes that the secure spot he created will eventually be used for him. The request has created a lot of anger at the proposal. A number of the party's Knesset members are calling it "underhanded opportunism". Party sources said, "Gabbay does not deserve the second place and if he really wants it, he should run for it."