The newly elected State Comptroller, Rabilo, insists in his response to the High Court of Justice that his election was lawful, and replies to the criticism: “Israeli law establishes that it is possible to find honest people who will act objectively and professionally — even if they have had previous connections with the appointing or audited bodies — in light of the safeguards in the Basic Law and in the State Comptroller Law that ensure the Comptroller’s independence.”