Olmert Appointed PM Through Legal Interpretation, Not Law
 
 This was the conclusion of today's Court ruling rejecting a petition to appoint a prime minister from the Likud party rather than Kadima. The petition was submitted by the Land of Israel Legal forum, led by Attorney Yossi Fuchs.

Atty. Fuchs claimed in his petition that the law states that in the current situation, in which the elected prime minister is unable to rule, a minister or MK from the prime minister’s party must be appointed. In this case, he said, it should be the Likud, and not Kadima, as a prime minister is elected not on a personal basis but on a party basis. Sharon's power to establish and preside over a government was based on the Likud's victory in the 2003 election.
 
 
Kay