‘Fake News’: Attorney-general denies plan to order Netanyahu to step down January 24, 2023Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)‘Fake News’: Attorney-general denies plan to order Netanyahu to step down Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/fake-news-attorney-general-denies-plan-to-order-netanyahu-to-step-down/ Email Print Amid backlash, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara dismisses reports that she had intended to force the prime minister to resign.By World Israel News StaffAccording to Hebrew media reports, Gali Baharav-Miara was considering ordering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a leave of absence on the basis that his involvement in government plans for judicial reform constitutes a conflict of interest resulting from his ongoing corruption trial.Baharav-Miara and legal experts in her office have reportedly been examining a 2021 ruling by Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, which states that only the attorney general has the authority to make such a call.Reacting to the reports, government coalition heads accused Baharav-Miara of orchestrating a coup. “Such a move for an incumbent leader is a clearly illegal attempt to oust an elected and legal government,” they said in a letter to Baharv-Miara.The attorney general denied the reports, calling them “fake news.”“In response to your letter, and without reacting to the issues as you have described them, I want to clarify that contrary to reports in the media, I have not held discussions relating to the leave of absence for the prime minister,” she stated.Read 'Anarchist AG declared war on the government' - Officials 2022 electionsAttorney GeneralCoupGali Baharav MiaraJudicial reform
