Peres prepares to tap Netanyahu to form gov't

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Week after elections, president consults with all factions before choosing most suitable MK to put together coalition; Lapid endorses Netanyahu to head goverment

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4339194,00.html

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"President Shimon Peres is expected to officially authorize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new governing coalition, but not before consulting with representatives of each faction on the matter.

Under Netanyahu's leadership, the joint Likud-Beiteinu party managed to secure more Knesset seats than any of its rivals in the national elections last week, making the incumbent prime minister the most likely candidate to forge a coalition."

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"Representatives of Yesh Atid, which emerged as the second largest faction in the elections, were among the first to meet with the president on Wednesday. Party leader Yair Lapid told reporters after the fact that Yesh Atid is endorsing Netanyahu to head the government.

"In the past, it was common to conduct fervent negotiations before endorsing a prime minister," he said. "This time it hasn't happened. We asserted in our platform that the person who should form the government should be the leader of the biggest party. We meant it, and this is the recommendation that we made to the president. This is a new brand of politics."