Likud MKs on Wednesday expressed concern that while the party may secure a double-digit number of seats in parliament in the next elections, its bid to form a 61-MK coalition would fail.
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"We have to do everything to avoid elections, but the only way to bring Yamina or New Hope closer to agreeing to sit in a government with the Likud is the threat of elections," a senior Likud official said.
He further called the prospect that renegade Yamina MK Amichai Chikli would form a party a "disaster," adding, "We don't need another party to take votes away from Likud. If he fails to pass the [four-seat] electoral threshold it would be a disaster. In the next government, he could be a minister by external appointment."
