Amazon Quiz: The Israeli parliament has voted in favour of a bill that would limit the service of a Prime…?

Amazon Quiz (January 23, 2022): The Israeli parliament has voted in favour of a bill that would limit the service of a Prime Minister to a maximum of how many years?

A. 10

B. 8

C. 6

D. 12

Answer: 8

The Israeli parliament, or the Knesset, had
in November last year, given its initial approval for a bill that limits a
prime minister’s term in office to eight years. The coalition passed the
legislation by a margin of 66 to 49 votes in the 120-member parliament.

The bill will force a prime minister to
resign after he has served eight consecutive years in office, requiring a new
government to be formed – not necessarily through new elections.

Following an election, the president
nominates a member of the Knesset to become prime minister after asking party
leaders whom they support for the position. The first candidate the president
nominates has 28 days to put together a viable coalition.

He then presents a government platform and
must receive a vote of confidence from the Knesset to become prime minister. In
practice, the prime minister is usually the leader of the largest party in the
governing coalition. Between 1996 and 2001, the prime minister was directly
elected, separately from the Knesset.

Unlike most prime ministers in
parliamentary republics, the prime minister is both de jure and de facto chief
executive. This is because the Basic Laws of Israel explicitly vest executive
power in the government, of which the prime minister is the leader.

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