High Court appoints temporary Knesset speaker to elect replacement on Thursday
The High Court ruled Thursday overnight that chairman of the Labor Party Amir Peretz will be appointed as the interim Knesset Speaker and will lead the plenary to elect a permanent speaker on Thursday, to replace the newly resigned Yuli Edelstein.
The justices ruled that Peretz would have "a limited and defined authority," to convene the plenary session Thursday to elect a permanent Knesset speaker. Peretz will not be able to exercise other powers of the Speaker except those instructed by the High Court.
