Comment by kmonsen
7 months ago
Parliament can for sure overrule the will of the people, and very often do.
They might get punished in the next election or they may not.
More precisely only the PM can call an election I believe.
7 months ago
Parliament can for sure overrule the will of the people, and very often do.
They might get punished in the next election or they may not.
More precisely only the PM can call an election I believe.
> They might get punished in the next election or they may not.
If what they do is sufficiently contrary to the will of the people (or at least, those with weapons and the will to use them), they'll get punished sooner than that. Laws and constitutions are a useful abstraction but ultimately an imperfect one.