Publications Regarding State Comptroller
Articles
The Absence of a State Comptroller
Written By: Prof. Ofer Kenig, Dr. Assaf Shapira
The state comptroller plays a critical role in preventing misconduct in elections. Israel is now in a situation in which "the rules of the game are in place, but the referee has disappeared from the field."
Explainer: The State Comptroller and the Appointment Procedure
Written By: Dr. Chen Friedberg
How is the state comptroller elected? What are the comptroller’s powers, whom does the comptroller audit, and to what extent can they actually influence decision-makers in practice? Here is what you need to know.
The State Comptroller: Auditing the Auditor
Written By: Dr. Arye Carmon
As State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss approaches the end of his term, IDI Former President and Founder Dr. Arye Carmon takes issue with him for overstepping the bounds of his authority and for his excessive media presence, in an op-ed originally published in Hebrew in Yedioth Ahronoth on January 31, 2012. In particular, Dr. Carmon singles out Lindenstrauss's statements that the Comptroller's office is the "fourth branch of government" and that "everything is auditable."
