The Knesset voted early Friday morning to disband itself ahead of the October 27 election, heading to recess after the coalition’s last-ditch blitz succeeded in passing a spate of controversial legislation into law, The Times of Israel reports.
The motion to dissolve parliament, tacked onto a party financing bill, was approved 62-0, including a vote in favor from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the sole support of coalition lawmakers, sending the legislative body to recess until the next parliament is sworn in following the election.
During the recess, committees may hold meetings under special arrangements, and the government or 25 MKs may demand that the Knesset plenum be convened.
Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri threatened not to back the legislation dispersing the Knesset, demanding that opposition parties also support the law, which also hikes public funding for political parties competing in the election. He eventually backed down.
If the law were to have failed, it would have granted the Knesset another week to pass legislation, up until 90 days before the election date, according to Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik, who recommended passing the bill in its entirety.
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