It is perhaps indescribable, the feeling that Tzipi Livni must be having these days. While all the ballots have not been tabulated, and the final numbers will not be in until after the weekend, for now, Tzipi Livni has still won the popular vote by one seat.
With an estimated six seats riding on the yet uncounted votes, this could change, which is undoubtedly the daily prayer of Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu, who desperately is seeking a tie, or even better, two seats to bring him over the top. Because of the logistics of the additional votes and surplus vote arrangements, parties may actually lose seats as the final votes are tabulated.
While no one can predict what President Shimon Peres will do next week regarding the presidential mandate, all the experts are in agreement, that if Binyamin Netanyahu presents a coalition of 65 or more to President Peres, the president will have no alternative but to hand the mandate to the Likud leader, who will become the nation�s next prime minister.
The experts agree that Livni will not reach the absolute minimum, 61 seats, unable to negotiate a deal with many of the parties. In addition, Shas, Ichud HaLeumi, and Bayit Yehudi have already announced they will recommend to the president that Likud receive the mandate.
As was expected, Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman is meeting and is not making any announcements before his is compelled to do so, but in his victory address, he did announce that he prefers sitting in a right-wing coalition, but he did not mention Netanyahu's name.
Until this morning, it was assumed that both Shas and Yahadut HaTorah would join a Likud-led coalition, but R' Moshe Gafne announced that he is negotiating with Livni, and he is not ruling out entering a Kadima-led coalition at this time. He made a point of stressing he does not feel compelled to follow suit with Shas and he will make his decision after presenting the options to Gedolei Yisrael.
Anyway, if you remember, the nation was compelled to hold a general election because of Livni. Olmert stepped down and she was given the opportunity to form a coalition. She eventually came to the president and stated she is unable to do so, launching the election countdown time. Now, she finds herself in the very same position, perhaps to become the only person in Israel�s history who almost became prime minister, twice.
(Yechiel Spira - YWN Israel)
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