Last Thursday, the Likud movement's court decided that, following a petition alleging that conference members were added illegally, the conference will be postponed and convened only after Passover.
As reported, the chairman of the Likud National Headquarters, Shevah Stern, is working alongside other activists in the Likud movement to reach a compromise between the Prime Minister and the conference chairman, Deputy Minister Danny Danon, on the conference agenda. Last Thursday, agreement was within reach, but the court's rejection, which is unrelated to the dispute between the two, has for the time being ruined the cards.
It all started when the movement's comptroller, Attorney Shai Galili, investigated a complaint that dozens of members had been illegally added to the Likud conference. In light of the claim, and in light of the fact that the Likud executive did not cooperate with him and did not provide him with data that would assist him in his investigation, he did not have the ability to formulate an in-depth investigation, and therefore determined, based on partial data, that there was suspicion of falsification in the voter register.
An investigation conducted by activists at Likud headquarters revealed that the claim was true and that names were added illegally. However, some claim that "the vast majority may be due to justified reasons." They explain that conference members entered in accordance with the constitution in place of members who resigned, and that past or current Knesset members and new heads of authorities entered the conference by virtue of their tenure, and other members entered following decisions by the Likud court. They further explain that "there is also a group of conference members who were added following the decision of the last Likud conference.".
""It is possible," they admit, "that it will turn out that there are a small number of members who were included illegally, and they certainly need to be located, the circumstances of their inclusion in the voters' list examined, and this corrected. Also, the culprits - if there are any - must be found and the necessary procedures taken against them.".
However, Likud claims that it was a big mistake to postpone the conference at the last minute and waste about 100,000 shekels. They also claim that the court also knew that a compromise was emerging in which the conference would have an acceptable vote, and that many activities in the deserted branches could have been carried out with the money that was wasted. "Couldn't the inspection have been carried out in the coming days and the voter register corrected?" they wonder.
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