We will work [after the elections] to create a bloc of four parties - Yisrael Beyteynu, Yesh Atid, Yamina, and Tikva Chadasha, to run the negotiations with other players and to form a Zionist and Liberal coalition that will take care of the wider public... The Finance Ministry would be a true challenge for me, as someone who has already served in the Defense, Foreign, National Infrastructure, and Transportation ministries there is no one more appropriate for this role of the next Finance Minister.... the next coalition agreement will be a real contract with the public, the public that serves in the IDF, works and pays taxes, and we will work to implement laws to allow civil marriage, public transportation on Shabbos, passing the decision whether to open businesses on Shabbos to the local governments, drafting yeshiva bochurim to military service or national service, and core curriculum studies to be obligated in the entire education system.
-- MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beyteynu)
Lieberman also said that in addition to the Finance Ministry for himself, he would be requesting for his people the Ministry of Internal Security, the Health Ministry, and the Absorption Ministry.
That is a lot of ministries for a small party of 5-8 mandates. Though I am surprised he didn't mention the Ministry of the Interior, which he has fought over in the past and is a favorite of Shas, and the head of the Finance Committee which is favored by UTJ. Both of those are very powerful positions that control a lot of the interests Yisrael Beyteynu talks about.
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