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It is impossible to adopt proper legislation who should go and who may remain. That is why these lawyers were saying that the revolution was not yet over, which is understandable, but very dangerous. Why? Rule of law and revolution are conflicting phenomena. Rule of law means that there can be emotions, justified emotions, but the authorities act strictly under the law. Even the most hated person is entitled to legal protection. Revolution is different: revolution means that there is no rule of law. Revolution means that people may provide justice of they own, there is no need to public prosecutor, no need for defence, no need to
Group discussion, Tunisian School of Politics, 14 June 2013
complicated and often lengthy legal proceeding, but justice is provided there on the spot. This happened to Muammar Kaddafi of Libya 2 years ago, this happened to Romanian dictator Ceausescu 24 years ago, and the list of killed dictators is endless. Where there is a revolution, there cannot be rule of law. Where rule of law prevails, there cannot be revolution. It is as simply as that. One may decide: OK, let us have revolution for a while, and after the revolution we switch into rule of law. It sounds good, isn ‟ t it? Some questions still remain:- When exactly the revolution will be over? Will there be a date when we can say that until yesterday people were entitled to take revenge in the streets, and as of today all justice is provided? No, there will be no such a date, and revolution will remain“ permanent”- Foe those who believe that a revolution can lead to a success, I recommend Mr. Joseph Fuché, the famous police-minister of Napoleon. I have never heard that the big French revolution was not radical enough