Resorteme Bait
One point that really can’t be made often enough is that the 1999 Constitution doesn’t magically lose its validity somehow just because nobody pays any attention to it.
Whether it’s through the exercise of raw power or because it’s been messed with through some made up mechanism that isn’t in the constitution itself, when the constitution is ignored it’s everyone’s responsibility – whether you’re in a position of authority or not – to do what you can to put it right.
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