constitution as a constitution?

What is peculiar is that our constitution is not constitutional...

In a free and prosperous country like the Netherlands, we know the stories of revolutions in Europe. The vast majority only knows the French revolution, and we know, as the most decisive event for our country, the Second World War. At school it is taught to this day that we have been liberated by, among others, the Americans and that for a few hundred years we have had a solid constitution. However, there is not much left of what was once a “constitution” where the freedom of the people and the will of the people led the course of our country.. “We are liberated but are we in charge of our own country?”

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In this time when people are (rightly) afraid of the power and possible abuse of power of our government, we have to ask ourselves what rights actually exist and which are included in the Constitution and which ones are hidden (have disappeared into the background). The “corona” emergency law, how dangerous is it constitutional? What power does the people have over the government?“We can even expect that we are on the verge of a great revolution.”

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Simply put...
What is the real basis for our legal system (rule of law) and who is “the boss”?

What can the people do when there is actually a technocratic totalitarian power regime? Where should the line be drawn? And when does the emergency make law?

Questions that should be easily answered, right?

However, unfortunately, it is not so simple. We may even rightly ask ourselves whether we are indeed sovereign. In this blog I try to explain a healthy critical view regarding our constitutional rights, the actual constitution and the semblance Sovereignty of the Netherlands.

Constitution is not a constitution!

Immediately one that should make you think!
At school, but even when we study law, we learn about the importance of our constitution. The power, the determining factor for our rule of law. The basis for our democratic government structure. But if the Constitution is not “the” constitution, what is our state structure based on? Just as the US but also the 52 Commonwealth countries (including GB) have a clearly protected “constitution”, the Netherlands also has a “constitution” without most citizens knowing it. That is very good news, because we may need that constitution.
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Practical state structure and why it is maintained

Constitution, Constitution or EU legislation? “A free people or a people far from free?”

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