Fri. 8 Tammuz p.4
A pre-election rotation agreement between Degel HaTorah and
Agudas Yisroel was implemented on 8 Tammuz at a meeting of
the Jerusalem City Council when Rabbi Weinberg, new council
member on behalf of UTJ, took office.
The agreement signed prior to the election states that Degel
HaTorah representatives in city councils throughout the
country would resign at the end of the first half of the
party's term of office. In this way, Rabbi Yechiel Turgeman,
who was seventh on the party slate in the Jerusalem Council,
was replaced by the Agudas Yisroel representative, Rabbi
Yitzchok Boruch Weinberg, who was eighth on the list.
At the meeting, Mayor Ehud Olmert read Rabbi Yechiel
Turgeman's letter of resignation from the City Council.
Rabbi Weinberg then joined the ranks of the council
members.
At the same time, First Deputy Mayor Rabbi Chaim Miller
announced his resignation from his position, while remaining
a member of the City Council. The position of first deputy
mayor was transferred to Deputy Mayor Rabbi Uri Lopolianski,
who also holds the Planning Portfolio.
Members of the Council expressed their deep admiration for
Rabbi Turgeman for his many efforts on behalf of his
constituents. He then wished Rabbi Weinberg, along with the
UTJ party members in the Council, success in his efforts on
behalf of the chareidi community in Jerusalem.
