An Emergency Means Nothing Less Than ‘Legalizing Lawlessness’

2022-07-29

A declaration of emergency means suspensions of all the laws which normally operate within a country for the protection of the people. A declaration of emergency takes away all the basic protections which are considered essential to the normal functioning of the society. Lawlessness is declared to be normal under a period of emergency.

It means that the government as well as security forces would do during an emergency things that under normal circumstances would be considered illegal and punishable under the law. An emergency tells the security forces “Now you are not bound by the rules which you are normally bound by and you could do things without fear of legal consequences.”

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