The quest for a transformative People’s Constitution (Part 3)

As discussed above, the constitution is laden with values that were inputted by the sovereign people. These values such as, human dignity, freedom, justice, liberty, and equality. In my many moments of debating with myself I have wondered whether our time tested and cherished value of “Therisanyo” can be part of the extra constitutional value that can be harvested in the engagement with the issue of the amendment power exercised by Parliament. The HCJ ruled that if an amendment degrades these constitutional values, the Court will not shy away to declare the change as void even if all the procedural steps were followed in its enactment.