Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Abolishing the Alternate Government) Bill

What does the bill do?

The bill abolishes the alternation government mechanism by amending Basic Law: The Government, Basic Law: The Knesset, the Government Law and the Israel Security Agency Law. The amendments include deleting references to the alternation government and the alternate prime minister from the laws, repealing sections defining the structure of the alternation government, and softening provisions related to ministers who are MKs during that period. The explanatory notes state that the mechanism did not prove effective and led to governmental instability and damage to public trust.