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Parliament is subject to the law of the land, rule of law

Parliamentary inviolability does serious damage to the constitutional notions of the separation of powers, the rule of equality before the law, prosecutorial discretion, and the independence of the judiciary. Does not the notion of the legislative branch of the Western world’s parliaments deciding who may be prosecuted smack of elitism, of the old political class?

Opinion
BY JOSEPH MAINGOT
August 15, 2022

Opinion | BY JOSEPH MAINGOT | August 15, 2022

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