With the publication of the summaries of the legislative
activity within the Knesset of its members during the past
session, it emerges that members of the United Torah Jewry
Party by Yated Ne'eman Staff (Degel HaTorah faction), Rabbis
Moshe Gafni and Uri Maklev were among the most exceptional
in every area.
The records of "The Open Knesset" summing up the activity of
each of the Knesset members on the various fronts and levels
show that Rabbis Gafni and Maklev, Degel representatives who
served for a full Knesset, aside from deputy ministers whose
parliamentary activity is legally limited and not reckoned
alongside the others, were the most outstandingly active.
Rabbis Gafni and Maklev made it to the top ten in all six
parameters connected to lawmaking, such as bill motion
approved in the temporary reading — fourth and sixth
place, and in bills presented and approved in the first
reading — third and sixth place, and also in bills
passed fully — fourth and ninth place.
The two were in the top five in participating in discussion
in Knesset committees — second and fourth place, and
also earned top places among MKs for average monthly
attendance in the plenum — first and tenth place.
Thus, in the general and final computation, MKs Rabbi Gafni
and Maklev received a score of 95 in all the parliamentary
parameters, a top rating however you look at it for a small
party within a 120 Knesset membership.
