In its sitting on Wednesday, the Knesset Plenum voted to approve in preliminary reading the civil service Bill (Appointments) (Amendment—Appointing Commissioner and Assigning a Temporary Post), 2025, sponsored by MKs Amit Halevi and Ofir Katz (Likud). In the vote, 60 Members of Knesset supported the bill, versus 46 opposing votes, and it will be turned over to the House Committee to determine the committee in which the bill will be deliberated.
It is proposed to stipulate that the appointment of the Civil Service Commissioner will not require holding a tender or any other competitive procedure. It is further proposed to establish provisions on the appointment of a substitute Civil Service Commissioner.
The explanatory notes to the bill state: “The proposed amendment is designed to restore the power to the appointing authority—the Government—in accordance with the original will of the legislator, and to rectify the change created by the [court] ruling. The purpose of the amendment is to clarify unequivocally that the appointment of the Civil Service Commission does not require holding a tender or any other competitive procedure, similarly to other senior posts for which there is no competitive requirement—such as the Israel Police commissioner, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) director, the Governor of the Bank of Israel, directors general of government ministries and more.”
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