Legal Advisor to Beit Hanasi Adv. Udit Corinaldi-Sirkis responded to the inquiry from Adv. Michael Ravilo regarding the establishment of the 36th government, which was conveyed to Beit HaNasi this morning, Tuesday.
In her response, Legal Advisor to Beit Hanasi Adv. Udit Corinaldi-Sirkis wrote:
“Indeed, as I made clear in our conversation on 4 May 2021, the Knesset Member who informs the president that he has succeeded in forming a government must state which factions the government will comprise, whether it will be an alternating government, and who will serve as alternate prime minister (in the case of an alternating government).
Regarding paragraph 5 of your letter – as you will surely remember, on that day (4 May 2021), you asked to confirm that it was acceptable to me that, when an alternating government is formed, the Knesset Member entrusted with forming a government can serve as alternate prime minister in the first period (before the changeover), based on paragraph 13א of Basic Law: The Government. I replied to you that this was also my legal position and that I agreed with you.
In short, I would like to note that this position is based on the letter of the law and on the meaning of Basic Law: The Government, both in general and specifically of paragraph 13א of the law, which deals with the establishment of an alternating government.”