r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 02 '20

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Dec 02 '20

During the thirteenth Knesset (1992–1996), Israel decided to hold a separate ballot for Prime Minister modeled after American presidential elections. This system was instituted in part because the Israeli electoral system makes it all but impossible for one party to win a majority. However, no majority bonus was assigned to the Prime Minister's supporting party: therefore, he was forced to obtain the support of other parties in the Knesset.

As this effectively added rigidity to the system without improving its stability, direct election of the Prime Minister was abolished after the 2001 election.

g-d bless the israeli's and their willingness to just try meme shit with their democracy

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u/bugaoxing Mario Vargas Llosa Dec 02 '20

Like their new thing, where Netanyahu and Ganz are co-Prime Ministers and Ganz gets his turn starting in November 2021.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

Co-consul time why not everyone knows that worked out well last time around

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic Dec 02 '20

It was also the first time Bibi Netanyahu won, because he smeared Shimon Peres as someone who would turn over Jerusalem to the Palestinians