President Reuven Rivlin is slated to start working with the Israel Police and the Justice Ministry on a possible cancellation of fines handed out to members of the public who were caught violating Health Ministry regulations put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus.
The President's Office said that numerous appeals from the public had prompted the president and the relevant authorities to look into the feasibility of cancelling the fines, and that they were "currently evaluating how the tools at the president's disposal could be used to assist citizens who had been fined when the country was handling the corona crisis."
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According to Rivlin's office, requests to cancel the fines will be "examined individually by all the relevant experts, based on their experience, like every request submitted to the Office of the President."
Rivlin himself came under public criticism for violating Health Ministry regulations after he hosted his daughter and her family for Passover seder at the President's Residence, against government orders for families to celebrate the holiday with members of their own households only.
The president issued a public apology and admitted he had been in the wrong. He was not fined.
