"In a democratic political movement," Ariel Sharon thundered, "there must be democratic mechanisms that are real - I emphasize, real! [applause] - for supervision and for balance. And it cannot be that a Party Chairman - and I don't mean any specific one, because I would have said this about any Party Chairman - it cannot be that the chairman of a party becomes the one and only party institution that makes decisions for the Likud, and all the other institutions [here he was interrupted by applause and cheering, "Arik, Arik!", but he was apparently intending to say that the other institutions become irrelevant]...."
The above quote is from a speech delivered by Ariel Sharon at the Likud Convention of May, 1993 in Tel Aviv. He was responding to a proposal by newly-elected Likud party leader Binyamin Netanyahu to amend the party constitution to grant extended authority to the party leader, at the expense of the Likud institutions.
The above quote is from a speech delivered by Ariel Sharon at the Likud Convention of May, 1993 in Tel Aviv. He was responding to a proposal by newly-elected Likud party leader Binyamin Netanyahu to amend the party constitution to grant extended authority to the party leader, at the expense of the Likud institutions.