Assigning the task on

(a) Should the President of the State inform the Knesset the basis of request of Speaker, on the basis of article 9(a), that he sees no a majority of the possibility of arriving at the formation of a Knesset Members government, or that he assigned the task of forming a government to a Member of the Knesset on the basis of that article, and the Member of the Knesset did not inform the President within 28 days that he has formed a government, or he informed him beforehand that he is unable to form a government, or he presented a government and the Knesset rejected the request to expressed confidence in it on the basis of article 13(d), a majority of the Knesset Members are entitled to ask the President of the State, in writing, to assign the task to a certain Knesset Member, who has agreed to it in writing, and all within 21 days from the announcement of the President, or from the day on which the period mentioned in article 9(c) has elapsed, or from the day of the announcement of the Knesset Member that he is unable to form a government, or from the day on which the request to express confidence in the Government was rejected, as the case may be. (b) If a request has been submitted as stated in clause (a), within two days the President shall assign the task of forming a government to the Member of the Knesset mentioned in the request. (c) The Member of the Knesset upon whom the task of forming a government on the basis of this article was vested, has 14 days to perform his task.