Ahead of the Knesset Swearing-In: Talks in the Change Bloc

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The Eisenkot bloc is preparing initial legislative steps even before the government is formed. Figures in the bloc have approached members of the Knesset's Constitution Committee to examine how three central laws could be repealed quickly. The plan includes establishing special committees and holding marathon debates.

The assignment of the mandate to Eisenkot grants his faction the chairmanship of the organizing committee. The committee would allow expedited legislation to advance, from shortening legislative procedures to establishing committees, even before the government is formed.

The Change Bloc will try to advance a series of steps in the Knesset as soon as it is convened, including the appointment of a chairperson and the election of a state comptroller. Within the bloc there is a dispute over priorities, and among other things Liberman responded to anyone who proposed otherwise with the cry "idiot".