By Gideon Alon
Haaretz - March 17, 2004
- Please e-mail Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and express your opposition: rrivlin@knesset.gov.il
- Biography of Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?id=114
Three Knesset commissions of inquiry which have been
operating for the past number of years will be shut down at the end of this
year, according to an agreement between Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and
the committee chairs.
The commission of inquiry examining the sex trade in
Israel headed by MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz), the commission charged with
preventing violence in sports headed by MK Avshalom Vilan (Meretz) and the
commission charged with tracking and returning assets of Holocaust victims
headed by MK Colette Avital (Labor) will all be shut down.
Rivlin and the commission chairs agreed they will submit
reports and recommendations by the end of the year and will cease their
operations.
The Knesset's permanent committees will continue to
track and deal with these three issues.
Rivlin has been asking for a number of months to get
rid of the Knesset's commissions of inquiry which, he believes, should operate
within limited time frames and should not continue working for years.
It costs about NIS 500,000 annually to operate the
three commissions of inquiry, which were established by the 15th
Knesset.
Rivlin is also working to get rid of four Knesset statutory
committees dealing with public complaints, foreign workers, drugs and the
status of children.
The heads of these committees, MK Ran Cohen (Meretz),
MY Ayoub Kara (Likud) and MK Michael Melchior (Labor), object to their
elimination and announced they will fight the decision.
The decision to cancel these committees is subject
to debate and approval by the Knesset's House Committee.
Rivlin has already asked the House Committee to discuss
his decision to cancel the committees, but the debate on the matter has not
yet begun.
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