Selection panel progresses toward picking next attorney general

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar wants a candidate who will agree to a historic breaking apart of the attorney general position into two separate roles: a chief legal adviser and a chief prosecutor.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Avichai Mandelblit – responsible for the law, and not all aspects of the ethics and fate of the nation.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Avichai Mandelblit – responsible for the law, and not all aspects of the ethics and fate of the nation.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

DECEMBER 12, 2021 19:00

Updated: DECEMBER 12, 2021 19:04