The bill, which was postponed a week ago, would enable five ministers in Blue and White and two in other coalition parties to quit the Knesset and be replaced by the next candidates on each party’s list. If the ministers quit the cabinet, they could return to the Knesset at the expense of the new MKs.
A separate bill would give new MKs in factions that have split 24 hours to decide which one to join. The bill could allow candidates of Yesh Atid and Telem, which are in the opposition, to instead join Blue and White in the coalition.Opposition leader Yair Lapid blasted the coalition for saying that the first bill passed by the new government does not create jobs for unemployed Israelis but instead unnecessary political patronage positions. He said the coalition had made the people of Israel their "ATM."