In this Ninth Part of his series, Ramesh Maharaj says that "Under our existing system of government, the constitution prohibits the executive from controlling the judiciary. Under the existing constitution, the prime minister is prohibited from exercising the functions of head of state and is prohibited from exercising administrative powers of the judiciary. Under the existing constitution, the Government cannot use its simple majority in Parliament or its three-fifths majority to pass any law to take away the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The provisions of the draft constitution would, however, give the Government those powers."
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