Likud Primary Opens with Half of Current MKs Facing Possible Ouster
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The members were called on Monday, August 17, to nominate the candidates for the legislative elections of October 27, during a ballot marked by the radicalization of the right-wing party and the Prime Minister's control over the movement.
With 91.2% of the votes under review at the Likud primary held yesterday, the list of candidates for the Knesset elections of 27 October is outlined. (ANSA)
Likud primary opens with half of current MKs facing possible ouster
Netanyahu plans to insert at least eight reserved candidates in the top 20 slots. By David Israel, TPS Likud members began voting Monday morning in the ruling party’s primary to determine its candidate slate for the upcoming October 27 Knesset election. An estimated 150,000 registered party members are eligible to vote at polling stations across Israel. The primary is expected to be a particularly competitive contest, with roughly half the party…
Knesset Speaker MK Amir Ohana was interviewed this evening (Monday) by Yossi Abdo from Kikar HaShabbat, at the Likud movement's primaries at the Binyamin Ha'uma in Jerusalem. In the interview, which focused on the issue of legal reform and the status of the Haredi public in the party, Ohana clarified his positions. "I think that there are primaries here that are a celebration of democracy," Ohana began. "But beyond that, they are also an opportu…
12:00 The voter turnout in the Likud primary is 6.2%, which is about 9,000 voters. Likud Central Committee Chairman and Constitution Committee Chairman, Minister Haim Katz, who received a reservation and is not running, opened voting in the Likud primary for the 26th Knesset this morning: "I call on all Likud members to come vote, to exercise your right. We need a strong team, we are confident in you!"
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