The judicial commission of the Knesset resumed discussion today on a new law governing the presidency and is expected to bring before Parliament next week a draft providing for election of the president for a fixed term of four or five years independently of the tenure of the Knesset.
Under the present law, the president serves for three months after the election of a new Parliament. Under this law, President Chaim Weizmann’s term would expire on November 20.
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