With regard to substantive issues, the principle of the rule of law requires parliamentary ('majority') decisions to be capable of being checked, not only by the formal method of scrutiny by the parliamentary opposition ('minorities') but also, and above all, by virtue of the transparency of the information processed in the course of the procedure and of the procedures themselves, and the clarity of the objectives which Parliament's decisions in relation to criminal matters are intended to achieve.
With regard to substantive issues, the principle of the rule of law requires parliamentary ('majority') decisions to be capable of being checked, not only by the formal method of scrutiny by the parliamentary opposition ('minorities') but also, and above all, by virtue of the transparency of the information processed in the course of the procedure and of the procedures themselves, and the clarity of the objectives which Parliament's decisions in relation to criminal matters are intended to achieve.