Letter to BS: UK court has set an example for judiciaries of other nations

The UK top court held the prorogation of parliament by Johnson as unlawful

The UK Supreme Court has shown that it can rule independent of the interest of the government of the day, something judiciaries in other democracies can emulate. Its unanimous ruling that the prorogation of the British Parliament by Prime Minister Boris Johnson was unlawful, upheld the Parliament’s sovereignty and its supremacy over the government.

It was a ruling that is relevant and applicable to our own country as its Parliament is modelled on the British system. The UK top court made it clear that if the ruling vindicated the opposition’s stand on the prorogation of the Parliament and benefitted it