Liberman postpones budget discussions as coalition totters
In spite of the government’s present-day issues, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman insists the price range will sooner or later be passed.


As the govt coalition totters on the brink of collapse, Israel’s Minister of Finance Avigdor Liberman announced very last night that he is postponing discussions on the 2023 budget. He told Channel 12 News, “I spoke with the prime minister and we determined that for the minute we are suspending the budget discussions in get to get arranged. We are freezing the conversations as a liable governing administration, and we will conclusion the summer session and we will arrange ourselves.

Liberman spoke about the defeat that the coalition endured in the Knesset yesterday on the passing of the initial studying of the invoice to increase the least wage to NIS 40 per hour. “We agreed (to postpone the spending plan discussions) mainly because the vote went against the Committee for Legislative Matters. Everyone have to be dependable in what they are accomplishing. I am sure that the funds will pass later on and it will be a great finances that is not populist.”

The defeat around the bare minimum wage costs was just 1 of a variety of defeats inflicted on the government coalition in the Knesset this week. It began with the failure to pass the law regulating the authorized predicament for Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria and ongoing with the failure to approve Matan Kahana as Minister for Spiritual Affairs, due to the opposition of MK Idit Silman, the rebel Yamina MK who remaining the coalition two months ago and voted against the govt for the 1st time.

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Minister of Finance Avigdor Liberman Image: Yossi Zamir