Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for reforming the way that judges are selected with Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin of the Likud Party proposing a new way to do so.
“It is necessary that most of the public understands that we need fundamental reforms of this system. It cannot continue [as is],” said Netanyahu at a Likud meeting.
“Today, we don’t have the necessary majority, but I think it will soon change,” he added.
The Judicial Appointments Committee selected 61 new judges on Sunday, despite a boycott by three coalition Knesset members.
The plan would most likely not pass in the current Knesset and but seems more like a proposal made in order to gain votes in the next election.