"Shas acted by bullying and contempt. Call to calm things down"

Kulanu faction chairman, MK Roy Folkman, responds in a special interview with behadrey haredim to the coalition incident this afternoon (Sunday) at the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs, when Shas and Kulanu could not agree on the Law of training MK Yoav Ben-Zur , and the vote was postponed until next week. Folkman attacked Shas while calling for calm on their part.

In a conversation with Behadrey Haredim Folkman explains the sequence of events: "I said clearly to Shas to pass the law, but I ask who sat with us for regular meetings so that we can live with the wording would be acceptable to us. Conclusion was that he had many witnesses who took part in the Shas faction chairman MK Yoav Ben-Zur, where they give us time - at least a week and a half - to sit down and have a discussion on the outlines of the law. There was an agreement that those words, to make things in the coalition be conducted in an atmosphere of partnership and consensus ".

"Each of the partners can bring laws extremist or problem that would upset their partners, but this is a consensus. I two weeks ago brought the law before Ayelet Shaked who opposed to it, I did not say I did not care to its resistance, but we agreed that we postpone the vote and agreed that we sit and discuss the outline agreed upon. This is what we asked for Shas. Once passed laws that Shas will start and the message they gave us did not care what we all have a say in the matter, tomorrow it will be a thousand other laws. Each of the coalition have laws listed in the coalition agreement and their details are not listed but principles, and if anyone will say that law and interested in what the other parties say it will not work", warns Folkman.

Overall what we asked is that Shas does not bully. I have a lot of respect for Shas and very sincere desire to work together, but the injustice done, all faction heads had witnessed and backed. There can be something that comes to seeking to sit down and have a discussion, and one faction says it does not care what they think of others. Even though I told them I was making sure the law passes, only sit with us and let's talk about it. They would not sit down and after a few days that a debate took place, we told them that if it works well so we know to insist, we are not a rubber stamp. We are with you and want to be with you and want to be coalition partners, but we are not willing to be treated with contempt. We will sit and reach an understanding. "

Folkman adds: "incomprehensible why Shas conducted aggressiveness and trying to stimulate anti. Why does Shas need to arouse such controversy? When you could do everything quietly and with consent and without anyone knowing it. Just completely unnecessary. It returns the wars of religion and state dismantled in the previous coalition unnecessarily. We are a super mild party and just produce controversy for nothing."

We heard from high ranks in Shas that "Kulanu" do not count. They came on to other things. There is nothing to ask them on matters of religion and state. Kulanu are interested in housing and banks. That was the message. I do not know what would work like this with any faction as tolerant as Kulanu, why take it to those kinds of places. If it continues this way the life of the coalition will be short, about everything we fight and everyone will lose, and I think Shas have much more to lose again to dismantle the government in light of the debates of religion and state and aggressiveness ".

However, the end of his speech, Folkman tries to moderate the message: "I call on Shas to calm the situation and to work in full cooperation; in particular there are so many things we agree on. 80 percent we agree and 20 there is no agreement, then why go all the time to those 20 percent."

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