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The Supreme Court has decided that legislators who have been convicted must resign, rather than be allowed to sit through their terms as they appeal their cases. The Representation of the People Act gives serving MPs and MLAs a pass, if they are in the process of appealing - which can take years, given the slow and overburdened judicial system. Since convicted candidates are prohibited from contesting elections anyway, this move would bring sitting MPs and MLAs on par with them. In the aftermath of the court&#039;s order, many have suggested that it signals a great clean-up of democracy. That optimism may be naive and somewhat premature.
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