Iliberal or Non-Liberal Reform: Constitutionalist Lawyers Address Government Security Project · Global Voices

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The Government’s proposed constitutional security reform has been challenged for handing over broad powers to the President and allowing the new state of emergency to extend for up to 240 days before requiring Congress’ approval. Fast Check consulted five lawyers and academics to explain what it means to qualify a measure as “illiberal”, what elements of the proposal generate objections and what are the main counterweights that, in its view, sho…