The left-wing Labor and the center-left Yesh Atid parties are mulling mass resignations from the Knesset to protest passage of the government’s judicial reform plan, and in the hopes of disrupting the completion of the legislative process.
Rumors circulated Monday evening, following the Knesset vote backing two key measures of the judicial reform plan, that the Yesh Atid party is currently considering terminating its own representation in the Knesset via a mass resignation.
MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) confirmed that the party is indeed weighing such an option.
Speaking with Galei Tzahal Tuesday morning, Stern said Yesh Atid is considering a push for a coordinated mass resignation of all lawmakers from the Opposition.
MK Debbie Biton (Yesh Atid) told Radio 104.5 North that the party has yet to make a decision on the mass resignation plan.
“The mass resignation of the Opposition? It has been discussed. The issue is still being considered.”
MK Efrat Rayten (Labor) later confirmed that her party is also looking into the possibility of withdrawing from the Knesset en masse.
“We in the Labor party are familiar with the idea, and no option is being ruled out.”