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Comparative constitutional analysis, presented in the Report, shows that parliamentary inviolability is less common than non-liability. In established democracies, possible harassment from the side of the executive power – including prosecutors – has lost part of its former weight as a justification to such an exemption from the principle of equality which inviolability necessarily entails. In any case, inviolability is only temporary and justice can proceed after the end of the mandate of the Member of Parliament.