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Netanyahu’s bid to add ministers runs into obstacles
Source: Times of Israel
Yesh Atid files High Court petition; Knesset legal adviser says committee that can approve such amendments yet to be staffed
A plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to increase the number of cabinet ministers ran into trouble on Sunday evening, when the opposition Yesh Atid party filed a High Court petition to block the move.
MK Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid) petitioned the High Court, claiming that enlarging the cabinet is “contrary to morality and logic, while trampling the procedures of the government and the Knesset.”
The court gave the government until 8 a.m. Monday morning to respond to the petition.
Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/move-to-increase-ministers-runs-into-legal-obstacles/