MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) has proposed a law that will go next week to the Committee for Legislation to be prepared for voting. Lapid's law proposal deals with corruption in government.
Lapid has proposed a law by which a Prime Minister, minister in government, MK or mayor of a city who would be convicted of a crime that bears moral turpitude (kalon, in Hebrew) would no longer be able to run for the office of mayor, MK or become Prime Minister or minister, or even deputy minister, in government..
The purpose of the law would be to discourage corruption, but more importantly to declare that such a person has lost the faith of the people and is unworthy of serving as a public representative. Having corrupt people serves in offices makes the public lose its faith in government.
good law, in my opinion. I hope it passes.
I did a little bit of research. In the United States, the Constitution does not prevent a convicted felon from running for federal office. The House of Representatives and Congress have the ability to remove someone they deem unworthy of serving, though this is not true of the Senate. Who can hold State office is determined by State law rather than federal law, and most states have rules in place that prevent anyone convicted of various crimes like embezzlement, bribery, breach of the public trust, fraud, etc. from running for State office.
I think it is a good law. Unfortunately I don't see how it can pass, as there are members of the coalition for whom this would not work.
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