"Gantz needs to sit with the Likud to pass legislation that will allow a delay to this and give the government the possibility to pass a budget for 2021," said Kisch, warning that he couldn't see a way for the government to pass a budget by the current deadline in December.
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Last week, the High Court of Justice's Chief Justice Esther Hayut stated that the government was in violation of the Budget Law, during a discussion of a petition by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel against the postponement of the deadline.