#discussion Recently, the judge ruled that the curfewPer Direct from the table had to. Apart from whether you agree with the measure curfew or not. There was insufficient legal basis. In case of emergencies such as a dike breakthrough, curfew would be justified. In this case, not because there is no acute need.

Now in the Netherlands we have a separation of powers. Politics does not interfere with justice and vice versa. The Cabinet has always been very reluctant to. “As long as it's under court, we can't make any statements about this", that's what you (almost) always hear. And now our cabinet is doing so; interfering with the judge's verdict because it is bad. Then we just adapt the law so that it may, in the form of an emergency law, which is hung under the Corona Act.

Suddenly, the caselaw also goes along. Abolition of curfew,wrongly set by ademissionary cabinet, will be suspended until further notice. We have actually been wronged. This is ignored. An error should be fixed. I don't know how, but it just feels really awful.

How on earth is it possible that curfew will be abolished by law and then maintained, on the same day! I think that can only be done in a banana republic!

Tags: #curfews #corona #coronacrisis #emergencylaw #coronawet #jurisdiction #ruleoflaw #bananarepublic

Rule of Law or Banana Republic?