The cases of regional governors and mayors who issue orders against the COVID-19 emergency are multiplying (Abruzzo is only the last in order of time.) They are limiting the constitutional rights of citizens, imposing administrative sanctions and using the municipal police as a security force while claiming to “abide the law”.
These measures are illegitimate because only a Parliament-enacted law, even and above all and in emergency, can compress Constitution-granted rights. Government and Parliament cannot let this constitutional rip with impunity. In doing so, they would legitimize the concept that in times of emergency “whoever does is right”, and then – when the storm is gone – somebody will verify the legitimacy of it. Continue reading “The short circuit of Rule of Law is the blackout of Democracy in Italy”