Reassignment of the

(a) Should the period mentioned in article 8 have elapsed, task and the Member of the Knesset has not informed the President of the State that he has formed a government, or has informed him beforehand that he is unable to form a government, or that he has presented a government, and the Knesset rejected the request to express confidence in it on the basis of article 13(d), the President shall assign the task of forming a government to another Member of the Knesset, who has informed the President that he is willing to assume the task, or shall inform the Speaker of the Knesset that he sees no possibility of arriving at the formation of a government, and all within three days from the day on which the period ended, or from the day on which the Member of the Knesset announced 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) Before assigning the task of forming a government on the basis of this article, or before informing the Speaker of the Knesset that he sees no possibility of reaching the formation of a Government, the President is entitled to once again consult the representatives of the Knesset Parliamentary Groups. (c) The Member of the Knesset to whom the task of forming a government was assigned on the basis of this article, has a period of 28 days to accomplish his task.