"Politics is perception"

A friend brought up a very good point in a conversation today and I thought I would post his questions here to see what you all think about the subject.

"How come no one is asking the right Questions?

If Sharon was unable to govern competently for 24 hours – why was no succession plan implemented? Who was available to make the routine daily decisions that the prime minister is faced with. More importantly who would have made any critical decisions that could have arisen? What will happen next time that Sharon is sick or unable to fulfill his role as PM? Most disturbingly is the lack of government response to this breakdown of the democratic process. Where are the politicians yelling foul? Where is the media? Why are they silent?"

Now I know we dont have the equivalent of the 25th amendment here (or any part of the Bill of Rights for that matter), but there should at least be an informal plan in play if/when the PM is incapacitated. Before the 25th came into Law in '67, there were how many Presidents succeeded by their V.P.'s upon Death... eight. Thats more than 5%. In 1947, congress passed the Presidential Succession Act which stated the order of succession if both the President and VP were incapacitated.

When will Israel write it into law?

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The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
– Abraham Lincoln