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COMMENT | Although the Federal Constitution has established a sound legal system, the machinations of a small group of people compel us to ask important questions.

Is it true that the enforcement of the law is being disrupted by three devices - an attack on the prosecutorial process; an attack on the judiciary; and a modification of the pardon process?

1. Is criminal legal system being undermined in three ways?

The first is to charge one’s political opponent with a moral misconduct, negotiate his release subject to “terms”, and then blame the prosecutors and judges for the outcome.

A former chief justice and his colleague, another retired Federal Court judge, spoke of this just a few days ago. A soon-to-retire judge also ominously alluded to it.

The second is to...