President Reuven Rivlin has a contingency plan for the possibility that the elections will not produce clear winner.

According to Channel 2, Rivlin met members of a “classified unit” Sunday and was asked what he would do if, following the elections, none of the candidates for prime minister is able to convince 61 MKs to recommend him for prime minister – and if some party heads maintain silence on whom they prefer.

Rivlin said that he would call Likud head Binyamin Netanyahu and Labor leader Yitzhak Herzog to a joint meeting, and that he would discuss with them the possibility of establishing a unity government and changing the election system.

Channel 2‘s Amit Segal said that according to Rivlin, the idea behind the initiative is that if it is not possible for Likud and Labor to reach agreement on the issues that divide Left and Right, they should at least be able to agree on changing the electoral system so that Israel does not turn into “another Italy,” with elections every 18 months or so.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has ruled out the possibility of a unity government with Labor, citing “a deep ideological chasm” that separates him from them.