Falklands introduces significant restrictions on constitutional rights and movements for twelve months

Friday, April 24th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

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The Falkland Islands Executive Council considered this week two reports regarding further legislative proposals responding to the challenges posed by COVID-19. ExCo addressed the provisions put in place in the UK, including the Coronavirus Act 2020, and other laws. Read full article

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Pipino
Rather a misleading headline.
The countries >without< similar restrictions are more newsworthy.
Apr 24th, 2020 - 10:21 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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Skip
So which constitutional right has been suspended exactly?

Or is this one of those cases where people assume that every country has all the idiotic rights in the US Constitution, when they don't?
Apr 27th, 2020 - 11:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mike Summers
Skip...the right to restrict freedom of movement, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Apr 30th, 2020 - 11:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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