Yamina MK Abir Kara mistakenly voted twice on Thursday on a bill aiding workers who were unemployed due to the coronavirus.
Kara said he mistakenly voted using the button of coalition head Idit Silman, who sits next to him in the plenum. He said he then voted using his own button and immediately told Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy of his mistake.
But opposition MKs pointed out that voting twice is a crime. MK Amir Ohana (Likud) asked that all of Kara’s votes over the past two weeks be checked, in the presence of a representative of the opposition. Likud MK Shlomo Keri filed an urgent complaint to the attorney-general requesting that an investigation be opened into the double voting.
Kara responded to the affair later on Thursday, clarifying that he “voted from the wrong computer out of instict and by mistake.”
The important thing, he added, “is that I clarified the mistake right away. The coalition had a majority of the votes anyway.
“The members of the opposition who never took responsiblity for the decisions they made that cost people their lives – Mount Meron and Lod – will not teach me how to correct a mistake. I will continue to serve the public with love and dedication.”
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The Knesset plenum is holding a rare meeting on a Thursday to renew bills related to COVID-19 before they expire.
“Those who stole votes from the Right and gave Israel a left-wing government that is supported by anti-Zionists are now stealing votes in the [Knesset] plenum as well,” the Likud added.
“The change government cannot allow itself to act against the law,” commented the Movement for Quality Government.
“The foundation of a democratic state is honest leadership and we will not hesitate to fight for that against every and any elected official who does not act according to the law. This needs to be investigated.”
Kara, who is a deputy minister, is under pressure from his faction to quit the Knesset via the Norwegian Law, which allows ministers and deputy ministers to quit in favor of the next candidate on their party’s list.
If Kara would resign, he would be replaced by Yamina director-general Stella Weinstein.
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