Reality sometimes beggars the imagination.
The responsibility of the office of the government legal advisor (yo'eitz hamishpati lamemshalah) is what it states. It is a person appointed by the government to advise it and represent it before the judicial authorities. If said advisor believes that he is unable to represent the government, he is expected to deposit the keys and announce that he cannot fulfill his office. There is no proper possibility — and probably never was — where the judicial advisor stands before the judicial system in order to represent the very side which is prosecuting the government.
Imagine a situation where a man hires a lawyer to defend him in a lawsuit, for example, suing someone for money, and when he arrives in court, he discovers that the his lawyer is explaining to the judge why the defendant is right and does not need to pay his client!
At that very moment, if not much earlier, he must take to his heels in resignation, showing total irresponsibility to his client. He does have the right to tell his client that he does not want to represent him in court, but it is absurd that he should stand on the other side in defense. There is no such option in a civilized judicial system.
This is true, except in Israel, where the current government legal advisor can laugh at all ethical norms and declare to the court that her client is not justified in his claims and that those of the opposite side should be accepted. Incredible!
But this is precisely what Ms. Baharav-Miara did less than two weeks before the hearing of an appeal to nullify the constitutional law passed by the Knesset regarding limiting the clause of reasonableness. Said advisor sent a document to the High Court in which she determines that the court should accept the appeal and abolish the constitutional law established in the Knesset.
Rub your eyes to make sure you're not hallucinating that such a thing can happen in a normal government. This advisor comes out in a declaration that she refuses to represent the government while allowing that Minister of Justice Levine to hire a private lawyer to represent him before the High Court. But that she, herself, should stand up in court to represent the petitioning side against the government! This has never yet happened here!
It seems that even Minister Levine, who has already become accustomed to Miara's opposition to every step taken by the government, is in shock at this latest unprecedented fiasco, not to say, aggressive arrogance. She is fully aware of receiving loud applause from the media complete with sweeping backing. The major media will not put her in place in criticism for her wild deeds. This is why she allows herself to do whatever she wishes, in total contradiction to the requirements of the office she holds and while receiving a salary from the government coffers.
