The Knesset on Wednesday voted on its dissolution triggering what will be Israel's fifth elections in three years.
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Proving that they cannot agree even on how to disband parliament, the legislative proposal lumped together nine opposition motions and two coalition bills seeking the exact same thing. The vote eventually passed with an overwhelming majority of 110-0.
The bill will face its second and third plenum readings next week and is expected to pass as well.
Monday saw Prime Minister Naftali Bennett call for early elections, saying that the efforts to stabilize the increasingly erratic coalition – in power for only a year – have been exhausted.
Once the bill is ratified next week, Bennett's rotation partner, Yesh Atid leader Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will become head of the interim government pending the elections, expected to take place on Oct. 25.
Coalition sources said that one of the issues the caretaker government would like to finalize over the next few weeks is passing the so-called "defendants bill," which seeks to prevent a lawmaker facing criminal charges from forming the government.
As Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu is currently on trial for corruption, such a move would preclude him from forming the next government.
According to Channel 12 News, the coalition had planned to present the bill for its first reading next week. It will now have to expedite the legislative procedure if it seeks to pass it prior to the elections.
Bennett said he would give Yamina's MKs permission to vote as they choose on the matter, the report noted, adding that even if the bill is passed, it would likely be challenged at the High Court of Justice over its proximity to the elections.
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