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The choice could determine whether we maintain our commitment to the constitutional framework of a democratic Rule of Law, or whether we begin a drift towards models with greater concentration and personalisation of power.
Lawyers say the move is not intended to anticipate or influence the outcome of the criminal proceedings, but to draw attention to the need to respect fundamental procedural safeguards, which they consider essential to the rule of law, regardless of the defendant's political standing.
The State hesitates, and in that hesitation something essential is lost: the idea that the law is not merely decorative. Because delayed justice is not only unjust — it is dangerous.
