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Reinier Bakels wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:EDB537DD4FCD43BDAB01AC53E7015793@RBB2008"
type="cite">we now get into the basics of democracy. afaik there are <b>two
alternative views</b>:
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1. Democracy is an expression of the sovereign will of the people - so
it is always correct. This principle does not allow for the unavoidable
distortion on the way from the will (votes) of the people until actual
legislation. The only correction mechanism isyet another democratic
decision.
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2. The <b>rule of law in some cases has priority</b> over the will of
the people. The example most familiar to me is the German constitution
- which is enforced by a constitutional court. <b>The first 20
articles can not be changed,</b> at least not in essence.The German
constitutional court can reject statutes. But it is restrictive in
making political decisions. So often it decides that a certain statute
should be corrected (improved) *by the parliament* before a certain
date. If not, the statutue is no longer in force.
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Maybe you mean that cannot be changed <b>without a prior change of
UDHR/ECHR</b> -or withdrawing UDHR (thus exiting UN), ECHR (thus
exiting EU) or both-. Or you merely state that simply can not be
changed? Because, while I don't know German Constitution, <a
href="http://narros.congreso.es/constitucion/constitucion/indice/titulos/articulos.jsp?ini=166&fin=169&tipo=2">Spanish
Constitution formally allows an total reform of itself</a> -even of
articles regulating how to make constitutional changes-.<br>
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<br>
Carlos Ayala<br>
( Aiarakoa )<br>
<br>
Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman<br>
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