After the government s proposed lockdown
legislation was shot down by the Parliamentary Constitutional Law Committee on Wednesday, Thursday s
Helsingin Sanomat asks how a law deemed unconstitutional made it so far through the legislative process.
Legal experts quoted by the paper levelled significant criticism at Chancellor of Justice
Tuomas Pöysti. The Constitutional Law Committee s opinion raises tough questions about the quality of the government s legal advice, said Helsinki University constitutional law professor
Tuomas Ojanen, especially when the committee has already made repeated criticisms of bills or regulations under the Emergency Powers Act over the course of the coronavirus pandemic year.
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