tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455383.post6459716700996257705..comments2023-10-08T18:46:47.526+03:00Comments on E-man and the Masters of the University: Fascists and TheocratsEmmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270751138155111328noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455383.post-18380416704040226542009-02-01T20:49:00.000+02:002009-02-01T20:49:00.000+02:00Okay, that's pretty much along the lines of any ot...Okay, that's pretty much along the lines of any other system of proportional representation. Now it's a matter of waiting for the outcome... Good post.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455383.post-51356208085181645172009-01-31T21:41:00.000+02:002009-01-31T21:41:00.000+02:00I hope this is a clear explanation of the legal si...I hope this is a clear explanation of the legal side of it: The way it works is that the president gives the task of forming a government to the person most likely to succeed, based on recommendations from the parties in the new Knesset. If the first person the president nominates fails, the president can either nominate somebody else, or call for new elections. If the president calls for new elections, 61 Knesset members can force the president to nominate a certain person instead of going to a new vote.<BR/><BR/>Now, the political side of it is more complicated. If Netanyahu sees he can't form a government with the right, he can try to form a more centrist government. It can either be a government with just the three major parties (Likud, Kadima and Labor), or he could try to include both Labor or Kadima and a few right-wing parties. The question is whether Kadima and/or Labor would join such a government or decide to block Netanyahu's way to the prime minister's office.<BR/><BR/>I admit I don't really see a way Livni would be able to form her own coalition if Bibi fails. I'd say that in the unfortunately unlikely event that Bibi fails to form a coalition, we'll go to new elections.Emmanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270751138155111328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455383.post-14535124729021063872009-01-31T20:15:00.000+02:002009-01-31T20:15:00.000+02:00"I have a slim hope that the Likud-led right wing ...<I>"I have a slim hope that the Likud-led right wing bloc will receive such a small majority that the coalition will have to include all the bloc's parties to pass the 61-member threshold. Then, maybe the disagreements between the fascists and theocrats will lead to Netanyahu's failure to form a government."</I><BR/><BR/>If so, would the 'losers' then have the right to try and form a government [w/o N.] or does it mean new elections? Or would N. then be forced to coalition with Kadima and Labor? Coalition politics is hard to grasp from the outside.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.com