Final Word from Monday, September 14, 2009
It's possible to agree with the Constitutional Court's explanation for nullifying early elections while still questioning the Court's motives. At times in the past, esp. in EU-related sovereignty issues, the Court has ceded to a higher ideal in upholding what otherwise might have been seen to be a breach of the Czech Constitution in the strictest sense. Many lawmakers who disagree with the Court wonder why it didn't show as much concern this time for the domestic political scene. The dissenting opinions of two justices could have been a good basis for going forward with early elections. Uncertainty about the Court's political objective makes it impossible to predict how justices will rule if a new challenge to early elections is filed. For this reason, the main political parties might decide to scrap early elections and to concentrate on combatting the political forces that are lining up against them.[Czech Republic European Union]
Glossary of difficult words
to nullify - to make legally null and void; to invalidate;
to cede - to give up (power or territory); to surrender, yield;
breach - an act of breaking or failing to observe a law or agreement;
to dissent - to hold or express opinions that are at variance with those officially or commonly expressed;
justice - a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of a supreme court;
to scrap - to abolish, cancel or abandon a plan, policy or law;
to line up - to take a uniform position; to arrange (oneself) in a straight line.