“The High Court will assume the powers of the government and the Knesset, to prevent the erstwhile occupants of those offices from overstepping the legal limits we have just set.”
Jerusalem, January 2 – Israel’s High Court of Justice threw a wrench into the works of an electoral campaign now getting into gear for this coming March, by annulling the legality and validity of such elections while the International Criminal Court in The Hague has decided to open an investigation into the Jewish State.
A unanimous vote decided that while the ICC conducts its probe into alleged war crimes, expected to last several years, Israel may not hold elections – despite the Knesset legislating such elections to take place late this winter, after two previous rounds of voting in 2019 failed to produce an outcome that lent itself to the formation of a majority coalition. With the parliament effectively not functioning in the interim, the court also arrogated for itself the power to create laws, which it declared it will do at least until the ICC completes its investigation.
“Holding elections will undermine the democratic integrity of the state,” the court’s decision read. “A country or government facing indictment cannot be expected to perform its functions properly, and we therefore rule that no legislative or executive action take place, effective immediately, until after the International Criminal Court issues a decision whether to indict specific Israeli persons. When that occurs, this Court will revisit the question of whether the country may, under those circumstances, hold elections.”
“Effective immediately,” the decision continued, “the High Court will assume the powers of the government and the Knesset, to prevent the erstwhile occupants of those offices from overstepping the legal limits we have just set. Also, in keeping with the broad new powers the Court has now assumed, the body will henceforth be known not as the High Court or Supreme Court, but as the Supreme Council. All matters of law, State, governance, and military disposition, among other arenas, now fall under the Supreme Council’s exclusive authority. The Council will presently appoint regional administrators to whom it will delegate some authority to rule on local issues, to prevent the Council from becoming overwhelmed.”
The decision concluded, “These regional governors will, on the sole authority of the Council, qualify for those positions following a thorough application and vetting process to ensure the appointees possess the proper attitude regarding the supremacy, inerrancy, and supra-democratic status of the Court, i.e. the Supreme Council. Candidates may apply by having on their curriculum vitae an acceptable duration of employ as a clerk to one of the Court justices or as a ranking official within the State Prosecutor’s office.”
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