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The Constitution Court will meet on Monday to decide whether to accept a petition questioning the legitimacy of one of the government's post-flood executive decrees.
A group of 69 senators submitted a petition through the Senate Speaker asking the court to interpret whether an executive decree on bailout debt from the 1997 financial crisis is really as urgent as the government claims.
If not, it could be in breach of the charter.
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Discussion 2 : 04/02/2012 at 09:36 PM2
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Of course they don't know how to do anything to waste the governments time. They are holding up the Dem MP's murder conviction by changing the subject. Vote on the murderer OK.
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Discussion 1 : 03/02/2012 at 03:04 PM1
The Constitution Court should through the petition out. Whether the executive decree on the bailout debt from 1997 is as urgent as the government claims is a political and not legal judgement. Government's are elected by the people to make these kind of judgement calls, that's why they are there. The 69 non-elected senators should know better and their petition is a good example of the case for an elected second chamber.
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