A few hours before the vote on her dismissal, the legal adviser of the Israeli government, Gali Baharav-Miara, sent a letter to members of the government on Monday morning concerning the debates on her dismissal.
In this missive, it head on the executive: “The government illegally revokes the general prosecutor in the Prime Minister’s judicial case”. According to her, “the arguments put forward by the Minister of Justice show that he is looking for a legal advisor who will obey the government and will legitimize for him violations of the law, such as the exemption from the military service of the students of Yeshiva or the political interference in the police surveys”.
The legal adviser warns against a dangerous precedent: “now, the government will be able to revoke any government legal adviser – the State Attorney General – without any control mechanism and even for foreign considerations”. She notably evokes possible reprisals against an adviser who “would have alerted illegal actions, ordered the investigation into a minister, refused to stop criminal proceedings against a member of the government or within the framework of a political agreement”.
Gali Baharav-Miara underlines the particular gravity of this dismissal: “There is in the dismissal of the government’s legal adviser and her replacement of which influenced the Prime Minister’s criminal procedure and the criminal investigations of other members of the government and their relatives”.
The Yesh Atid party has announced that it would seize the Supreme Court if the legal adviser was dismissed in violation of the law. MP Karine Elharrar denounces “the elimination of the institution” and the “trampling of any goalkeeper who hinders the government”.