Turin, 17 Aug. (LaPresse) – Polling stations have opened in Israel for the primaries of Likud, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party. Around 140,000 party members are eligible to vote. Polling stations will remain open until 9.00 pm, 8.00 pm in Italy. Likud is one of the few parties in the country to select its electoral list through primaries. However, changes to the system introduced this year on Netanyahu’s initiative have reduced the number of available seats, making the competition particularly fierce. The primaries are going ahead despite the Prime Minister’s attempts to cancel them and to entrust the selection of candidates for the Knesset to a committee appointed and controlled by Netanyahu himself.
Israel: Likud primaries get underway
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Turin, 17 Aug. (LaPresse) – Polling stations have opened in Israel for the primaries of Likud, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party. Around 140,000 party members are eligible to vote. Polling stations will remain open until 9.00 pm, 8.00 pm in Italy. Likud is one of the few parties in the country to select its electoral list through primaries. However, changes to the system introduced this year on Netanyahu’s initiative have reduced the number of available seats, making the competition particularly fierce. The primaries are going ahead despite the Prime Minister’s attempts to cancel them and to entrust the selection of candidates for the Knesset to a committee appointed and controlled by Netanyahu himself.
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