Protest among members of the municipal opposition:
Precisely in these difficult days, of the Corona epidemic and the third lockdown, in which the public wants to see municipal leadership functioning, the news reached here about the cancellation of the Haifa City Council meeting, which was supposed to take place This Tuesday - 2/2/21. It is important to note that this is the second time in a row (!) that the city council meeting in Haifa has been canceled by the mayor. In days like these, when the crises and difficulties are only piling up and the residents are desperate for help and a listening ear, this is especially puzzling. According to the announcement of the city secretary, Mrs. Bracha Sela, The reason for the cancellation is the fear of contracting the corona virus during the discussion.
Haifa city council meetings are supposed to be held, officially, once a month, at least. The purpose of the meetings is to maintain contact between all the different branches of the council and to bring the voice of the residents to the ears of the city representatives and decision-makers, so that they will be discussed and treated, for the well-being of the residents.
The members of the city council are protesting the repeated cancellations of the council meetings, here are their responses:
Hedva Almog delivered to Hai Fa:
A city council is the address to discuss the important issues of the city and its residents. The mayor has the authority to cancel 2 meetings per year. We are in January 2021, and lo and behold, 2 meetings have already been canceled. By law, just as the Knesset can hold meetings, the mayor must also hold meetings. The fear of standing in front of the opposition and answering difficult questions leads to an escape from the confrontation, and therefore, whenever the mayor has an opportunity, she will cancel or not show up. Wrapping up the cancellation with sayings about the corona virus and mercy on us is pathetic. That's not how you build leadership. The opposition will find ways to raise the burning issues that arise every day from the residents.
Shimshon Ido, chairman of the Likud faction in the city council
This is not the first time that Einat Kalish cancels a city council meeting. For several meetings and advice, Klish did not appear at all. There were also a number of meetings that the coalition did not attend and we remained only members of the opposition. There are many issues on the table that need to be addressed. I estimate that Klish succumbed to the public pressure created by the explosion between the Haifa municipality and the Lev Hesh association and therefore she decided to cancel the council meeting.
Apparently this municipality does not have the ability to run a council meeting, or to run a city.
Yael Shanar, city council member:
The corona is just an excuse, and a bad one. In no city have council meetings been canceled because of this, on the contrary, precisely at such a time it is necessary and important to discuss a variety of issues such as the fines given by the 'successful' method to residents and business owners, as well as everyday matters, such as the cleanliness of the city, education, air pollution, employment in the city, specific problems in the neighborhoods etc.
But the truth is that Klish does not count the city council, she never did.
From the beginning of her term, she referred to the election of tens of thousands of Haifaites in a ballot for the city council - by canceling it, and thus the major factions in the city council, such as the Greens and the Likud, are in the opposition, and precisely the weak factions, of a single person, were invited to her shaky Klish-Haredim coalition, in which she barely has a majority .
When Kalish rejects queries and cancels meetings in a row, and even when there are already meetings, many times she is not present but her deputy conducts them - she does not disrespect the members of the council, but the great public that elected us.
Muti Blitzblau said to Lai Fah:
The law states that one must decide on a fixed day for a full-fledged council meeting, once a month. Since I operate according to the instructions of the Ministry of the Interior as the Knesset operates, the mayor cannot cancel a meeting, just like that.
The mayor is running away because there are urgent matters to be discussed, her illusory decisions and her responsibility, such as the lawsuit against the 'Lev Hash' association which helps many needy people in Haifa these days, the closing of Gabrieli school and more.
**According to the second addendum to the Municipal Ordinance, Section 6(d) the date of the meetings.
After a fixed day has been set for council meetings (in advance) according to subsection A,
After all, "a council may agree, through all its members in advance and in writing, on the date of holding a certain meeting at a date and time other than the scheduled date and on the condition that a full council meeting is held at least once per month" on the other hand, Klish has the option of deciding not to hold council meetings in two months of the year.
(section 5 of the regulations)****
Avihu Han, chairman of the Greens of Haifa:
The city council operates according to the regulations of the Ministry of the Interior in a format similar to the Knesset of Israel.
There is no need to exaggerate the importance of the council's continuous activity, especially in this challenging time, when businesses are collapsing, residents are suffering from severe hunger, school students are at home for many months, many families are in distress and it is necessary to act on their behalf. Precisely these days there is a very high importance in the continuous activity of the city council on the important issues.
I am sorry that the mayor does not understand this and closes the council (Haifa's Knesset), instead of strengthening the council's activities for the benefit of the city's residents.
I will work so that the council meetings will continue to act on issues important to the residents of the city.
Hila Lauper, a member of the city council on behalf of the Greens of Haifa, said in response to Lahi Fe:
Council meetings are constantly postponed and it seems that this has become a habit, it is not normal and should not be conducted this way. We, the members of the council, and I mean those who really work for the public, raise issues that are very relevant to the time and some of them are burning, we cannot afford to agree to these postponements. According to the mayor's request, council meetings are supposed to be held once every two weeks, and in practice it happens barely once a month!
Naama Lazimi:
It's time for the Ministry of the Interior to understand that it must approve Zoom meetings during the Corona period.
The authorities are in a difficult situation in the last year, there is a global, national and local crisis and instead of helping us manage the campaign. Keys at the most technical point. There is an authority that needs to work, there is Corona, the logical thing is to adapt the campaign to the situation. Hope the Ministry of the Interior will understand the situation and soon
Sophie Nakash, a member of the city council, told Lahi Pa:
Unfortunately, the mayor chooses to cancel the city council again under the excuse of the corona epidemic.
A city should continue to conduct itself and not only via email if there is something urgent. You can move the yeshiva to a more spacious place such as Sami Ofer and find more solutions. There are many burning issues that seem to be very convenient for the mayor to hide under the corona virus in order to avoid being brought up by the opposition, such as the closing of the Gabrieli school or the further attempt to evacuate the Lev Hesh association.
Council meetings are comparable to government meetings from the point of view of the Ministry of the Interior and there is a way. It seems that the mayor is very comfortable under the cover of the epidemic, to hide and not stand up to the opposition and the residents of the city.
Have a voting meeting against the cliché to throw away (throw away) is simply anti against everything who needs one like that, it's quite disturbing to read articles about this woman's no and no. Oh gold, how right you were. And go cliché, get off the tree of your own free will before you fall from it in shame
Shockingly frustrating, until now I was sure of her loyalty to the residents of Haifa. Also the issue of air pollution in our city and the postponement of treatment for the removal of polluting and carcinogenic factories, all of this requires a combination of hands and treatment without further delay on this issue!! I hope she will come to her senses and fulfill her role faithfully??
It seems that the city of Haifa and its residents are interfering with the mayor.
Not pretty.
There is corona and there is a family.. please do not disturb
And in general, if you continue like this, she will go to the hospital, isolation and a tour of the twin city, a wasteland??♂️
It is not clear why not hold the meeting via Zoom and ask everyone how they want to vote, after all the voting is open anyway.
The mayor is allowed to cancel 2 meetings. It is necessary today to contact the Ministry of the Interior to organize the appointment of a committee called to manage the affairs of the municipality and hold new elections, if a council meeting does not take place at the beginning of March.
In no city or council in Israel did they cancel meetings, at most they spent a day or did it in an open and ventilated place or in large training halls only in Haifa, the Skipperia in Marinat that (and) Keri continue to spawn in the city, you should check the possibility of
Im position and save a city from giddy dementia
Klish is unable to face difficult questions or criticism. She is therefore weak and insecure, so insecure, so lacking in answers to the most fundamental issues in the life of the city and its residents, so it is pathetic and clear why she does everything to escape from the management of the council meetings and from their very existence. Here's more proof of how we fell in November 2018
No need for earthquakes…. The natural disaster that befell us in the form of Einat Kalish destroys every good plot. An abortion curse on the city. And the name of Einat Karlish in Israel will be called Einat Kalala.... Shabbat Shalom and health.