Timeline for How does Israel change its leaders without an election?
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| Jun 3, 2021 at 10:09 | comment | added | IMSoP | @MikeScott Absolutely, the Queen's power is nominal, and the confirmation by Parliament is what matters, but I think it's stretching the definition to call that an "election". An election implies there are multiple candidates, and voters are choosing between them; but that's not how coalition-building works, the whole coalition has to be agreed before anyone votes. I suppose there could be some kind of preferential vote where MPs chose between multiple possible coalitions ... but there isn't, so I don't think "elected by MPs" is a valid description. | |
| Jun 3, 2021 at 9:45 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @IMSoP While the President and Queen are technically the ones who appoint their Prime Ministers, they are in practice only able to do so constitutionally if they are convinced that person has the support of Parliament. It’s an implicit rather than explicit election — no one actually votes, but you can’t win unless the majority support you. | |
| Jun 3, 2021 at 8:59 | comment | added | IMSoP | @PaŭloEbermann That would be true if it was the Parliament that directly made the decision; but as detailed in CDJB's answer, the Israeli Prime Minister is actually chosen by the President; Parliament has the ability to veto a government (by not passing a vote of confidence), but not to select one. The same is true in the UK, where the Prime Minister is chosen by the Queen, and Parliament's only power is to force them to resign. | |
| Jun 3, 2021 at 7:37 | comment | added | Paŭlo Ebermann | True (or rather, there will be an election soon). | |
| Jun 3, 2021 at 3:19 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @PaŭloEbermann But if you take that view then Israel has not changed its leaders without an election — there’s been an election | |
| Jun 2, 2021 at 23:16 | comment | added | Paŭlo Ebermann | Arguably "appointment" by a parliament is also a kind of election. (At least the german constitution is using the same word for both the election of the parliament, and election of the chancellor by the parliament.) (Not saying that Israel is using that term.) | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 5:02 | history | answered | Mike Scott | CC BY-SA 4.0 |