Members of Knesset Yoaz Hendel and Zvi Hauser have voiced reservations about the proposed replacement of Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein by fellow Blue and White Knesset Member Meir Cohen, according to the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation.
The two fear that it will be difficult to replace Cohen, a member of the party's Yesh Atid faction, after the establishment of a government and that it will be possible to do so in a special majority of only 90 Knesset members. The appointment of a new chairman may come up for approval in the next few days, with the new Knesset scheduled to be sworn in on Monday.