For those who fear that resort to referendums might erode parliamentary democracy, the recent past provides unhappy confirmation. The hysterical cry of “enemies of the people” against the High Court’s decision that only parliament is entitled to make and repeal laws, now being reviewed by the Supreme Court, demonstrates that some Brexiters do not care about parliamentary sovereignty. Their cause is rather dictatorship of the majority.
對那些擔心訴諸全民公投可能削弱議會民主制的人士而言,近期的事態不幸印證了這種擔憂。英國高等法院裁定,只有議會有權制定和廢除法律(該裁定現正接受最高法院審覈),而對這一裁定,不愛聽的人們發出的歇斯底里的「人民公敵」(enemy of the people)叫罵聲表明,一些退歐派人士根本不在乎議會主權。他們推崇的事業說白了就是多數人的專政。
您已閱讀10%(607字),剩餘90%(5773字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。