So the Jus­tice Min­is­ter was fired for ly­ing to the cab­i­net. How­ev­er, one thing is still very un­set­tling and very, very trou­bling. Af­ter all the ex­pla­na­tions by the Prime Min­is­ter, it is un­clear the role that Cab­i­net played dur­ing their de­lib­er­a­tion of Cab­i­net note J (12) 29 deal­ing with Sec­tion 34, pri­or to its procla­ma­tion. It is un­be­liev­able that a Cab­i­net, full of lawyers, would dis­cuss a note from the Jus­tice Min­is­ter and not con­sid­er the im­pli­ca­tions of an ear­ly procla­ma­tion of Sec­tion 34.

It al­so stretch­es cred­i­bil­i­ty to be­lieve that the Prime Min­is­ter and her cab­i­net were ig­no­rant of the con­se­quences. It ap­pears that the Prime Min­is­ter is ful­ly aware that her en­tire Cab­i­net is im­pli­cat­ed in this scan­dal but has skil­ful­ly cho­sen to ex­cise one min­is­ter in or­der to save face for all the rest.

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