Transportation Minister Miri Regev said on Sunday that the coalition will continue with the legislation of the judicial reform immediately after Independence Day.
“As Prime Minister Netanyahu said, the reform has only been suspended and there is a very clear date for the next session, right after Independence Day we will continue with the legislation,” Regev revealed in an interview with the Likud publication Melukadim.
She added that “Netanyahu paused to allow negotiations, but if they do not take place, we will bring [the legislation] for re-approval.”
Regev continued, “In the reality that has been created, Netanyahu made a decision of a leader to preserve the unity of the people. In my opinion, he should have continued at least with the bill on the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee and brought it to a vote in its second and third readings before the end of the session.”
On the left-wing demonstrations against the reform, she said, “The police are treating the anarchists from the left as though they are privileged. They should have prevented the blocking of the roads and their incitement, and dealt with those thugs in a strict manner, as is done with other protesters who break the law. The preferential treatment they received proves the need for a judicial reform.”
Regev commented on the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and said, “I appreciate him, but I think it was a mistake to give in to pressure and attack the Prime Minister when he was abroad.”
She attacked the phenomenon whereby reservists refuse to serve in protest of the reform and said, “The Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff should dismiss all the refusers. They are there thanks to the training they received in the army and are not doing anyone a favor. We”ve won wars even with a small army and we will win without [those refusers].”
On her predecessor in the position of Minister of Transportation, Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Regev said: “Thank God we got rid of this unpleasant woman.”