The Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennettand Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, two leaders of Israel’s ruling coalition, will introduce a bill to dissolve parliament and trigger early elections, they said on Monday.
“After exhausting all attempts to stabilize the coalition, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and (…) Yair Lapid have decided to bring the bill [para disolver el Parlamento] up for a vote in the Knesset next week,” they said in a statement.
Bennett and Lapid reunited in June 2021 a unique coalition in the history of Israel made up of parties from the right, center, left, and for the first time an Arab formation, to put an end to 12 years of Benjamin Netanyahu as head of government.
But the Bennett-Lapid coalition agreement also provided for a rotation between the two men at the head of government and the replacement of Bennett by Lapid in the event of the dissolution of parliament.
If the bill to dissolve Parliament is adopted by MPs, Yair Lapid will become Israel’s Prime Minister until the new government is formed.
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