As a response to the lack of representation in the traditional audience: After the expected retirement of MK Yaakov Margi - Shas is looking for a candidate with a military resume.
According to a report by Ari Kalman on i24, the candidate's selection comes both against the backdrop of the storm surrounding Shas' election video this week, and from the understanding that a candidate needs to be brought in who will retain Shas' traditional audience and who will also meet the needs of the campaign by ensuring that the party also cares about the soldier community.
In recent polls, Shas is on a downward trend, due to the abandonment of traditional voters who, against the backdrop of Shas rabbis' opposition to conscription into the IDF, feel that the party does not represent them.
MK Yaakov Margi of Shas announced in April his retirement from political life.
