Moshe Saada: At the right-wing demonstration, my strength returned, I saw that the people are with us

April 3, 2023   

MK Moshe Saada of the Likud explained this morning (Monday) why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the support of the coalition, decided to halt the legal legislation. "I will not deny that on Monday, with the suspension of the reform, there was a feeling of emptiness. We believed that this was the promise and the vision, it clouded me," he said in an interview with Kol Hai radio. "But when I went to the demonstration, my strength returned. We knew that the people were with us, but we have to see it eye to eye. People at the demonstration demanded that we realize the vision." He said: "What affected us, besides the demonstrations, were the threats of refusal. The heads of the system signaled that they would listen to the High Court of Justice, which is something we had not known. We finally heard the commander of the Air Force, it should have been heard a long time ago. I hope that there will be a compromise in the end. But I think there should be a red line, anyone who talks about refusal is immediately dismissed from the army. There is no place for that." According to him, the most important section in the reform is the section dealing with changing the composition of the committee for appointing judges. "What they're talking about is a judge from the right and a judge from the left, I hope that's not true. It already exists today thanks to the veto. The most important thing is the committee for selecting judges. It needs to be implemented, our voice is no less valuable. "What disrupted it was the civil disobedience, and the discourse that the heads of the systems said they would choose a different side. The State of Israel has tools to deal with it." According to Saada, "The prime minister acted from a historical perspective, and it's good that he stopped. The discourse of refusal is rebellion, a violation of the law. The commander of the Air Force did a good job. It's a shame that the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Defense didn't condemn it. We sinned by not drawing the red lines. People blocked roads as if everything was permitted, as if they were on a trip to Hyde Park.".