SC's verdict: the lurking threat of a punch

The verdict both stamps the SC's authority whereby the PCO judges are shown the door, the Nov 3 decision is given an unqualified rejection and thereby becoming another step to setting a precedent to rejecting unconstitutional acts. This by itself is a great leap forward.

Now the Parliament has to step up and legislate what portions/parts of post-Nov 3 actions it wants explicitly 'legalized'. As I view it, the SC has 'humbly' (rather, intelligently) given Parliament the chance to step up and be counted as a pillar of the state. The Parliament must decide, in view of the entire nation and it's vibrant media, if it wants to legalize ridiculous ordinances that clean the slate of the rich and powerful, but refuse to absolve the thousands of prisoners languishing in jails, 60% of whom have served more time than their alleged crime justifies, and still have not heard a verdict of guilt or innocence due to a corrupt judicial system. These ordinances will have be to be legislated. The Parliament is now forced to do its job. Whatsmore, its integrity is at stake.

I don't think the Parliament has any choice left. By wholeheartedly accepting the SC decision, it may have saved itself the embarrassment for now. However, SC has opened the floodgates just enough to let all and sundry know that if the Parliament doesn't get its act straight, the SC has the way clear to proceed with cleaning the stables as it sees fit.

The threat of a potential punch is better than the punch itself.