Ginzburg Says New Knesset Speaker Will Be Chosen Next Week

MK Eitan Ginzburg of Together said on Friday, November 13, that a new Knesset speaker would be elected next week. In a statement setting out the next parliamentary steps, he said additional committees would be established and legislative work would begin. Ginzburg said work had already begun in the new Knesset’s first days. He pointed to the establishment of the Arrangements Committee and temporary Finance and Foreign Affairs and Defense committees. “We may be quiet, but we are more determined than ever to repair Israel,” he said. Ginzburg is a lawyer who spent more than 15 years in local government before entering the Knesset, according to his party’s biography. He also served as communications minister. Together describes his experience as including the management of public systems and projects, alongside work on government and constitutional matters. The party lists reducing unnecessary bureaucracy that burdens citizens, transferring powers from central government to municipalities, and improving the justice system and its service to citizens among his legislative priorities.