Upset in Party Vote to Head Knesset Finance Committee
Written by: Aaron Katsman | April 1, 2009
In an upset that could spawn internal fighting within the United Torah Judaism(UTJ), MK Moshe Gafni scored a win over favorite Yaakov Litzman to head the powerful committee.
According to Globes: “MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) will be the next chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, the party’s five MKs decided today. He beat party chairman and former Finance Committee chairman MK Yakov Litzman for the post. Litzman has been expected to get it back. The upset occurred during the internal party voting, when MK Meir Porush, a member of the Agudat Israel faction of the party, backed Gafni, a member of the Degel Hatorah faction of the party. When the voting was over, Litzman stormed out of the room.”
Once again Porush finds himself in the middle of a political firestorm. His intrusion into the local election in the ultra-orthodox city of Beitar Illit, irked so many, that he ended up losing in his bind to become mayor of Jerusalem.
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