Politicisation of Rule Of Law

It may be observed that it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to exercise Rule of Law concept at its full scale due to politicisation of Rule of Law as and when opportunity is available by political parties to suit their political agendas.

- By W.A. De Silva

Politicisation of any discipline, not only the Rule of Law, is inevitable in our society due to the fact that parliamentary democracy or representative democracy in this country is based on corrupt party politics whose sole intention and priority seemed to be nothing but to grab governmental power by hook or crook disregarding the Rule of Law principles.

In order to overcome this situation the political culture of this country should be reconstituted.

The political literacy of the masses should be upgraded further enabling them to use their franchise judiciously and prudently. And, simultaneously, laws insisting a code of conduct in alliance and compliance with Rule of Law principles required to be followed by political parties, should be enacted and enforced.

Rule of Law is considered as a concept consisting of predominant principles required to be followed in the process of making and implementation of laws in democratic states. It is a changing concept as interpreted by some experts in constitutional law and political science through the passage of time on the evaluation of values attributed to law.