There is no legal impediment to an indicted lawmaker serving as prime minister, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit wrote Thursday, but warned that appointment of premier under serious criminal indictment could be problematic.
The court will Sunday hear petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu serving as prime minister due to the charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust against him.
"Despite the significant difficulties that arise, they do not constitute grounds for judicial intervention that would deny the majority of the Knesset supporting the establishment of a new Israeli government presided over by MK Netanyahu,” Mandelblit wrote in his opinion to the High Court ahead of the hearing.
Mandelblit also called on the court not to invalidate the coalition agreement, but severely criticized the terms of the deal.