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On April 24, Assistant Lecturer, Hemen Rasheed Agha, lecturer of Public Law at Cihan University Slemani’s Department of Law, presented a seminar titled “The contentious constitutional relationship between the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches: accountability, transparency, and scrutiny of the United Kingdom Government.” The speaker underlined that Brexit and the response to the Covid-19 outbreak had exposed several systemic flaws in the British government.
Hemen Rasheed Agha went on to say that, despite the fact that there may not have been a crisis so far, the country’s constitution is in a damaged and fragile state.
The presenter used the example of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides an invocation method via which a member can inform the European Council, and how the government wanted to leave the EU without a deal, but parliament legislated to prevent it. According to Hemen Rasheed Agha, parliament has been unable to effectively analyze the government’s prolific and perplexing law- and rule-making over the coronavirus outbreak.
Government decrees have been issued with short notice, sometimes just hours before they take effect. These decrees impose onerous legal duties and create broad criminal offenses, and they frequently strike at the heart of social and commercial life. Parliament, on the other hand, is frequently not notified in advance – and there appears to be little that members of parliament can do about it. The government has broad legal powers that are uncontrolled, and it is abusing them completely.
Finally, Mr. Hemen Rasheed Agha, finished the seminar by stating that the underlying cause of this is the United Kingdom’s poor constitutional arrangements, and that because there is no written constitution, most of the country relies on convention and self-control. Without limitations, checks, and balances, the executive will continue to accumulate power while avoiding scrutiny. Brexit and the Coronavirus have brought to light many of the government’s structural flaws.
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