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As regards inviolability, as set out above, in the Commission’s view it depends on the specific situation in the country concerned whether maintaining this privilege is necessary and justified or not. The Commission will therefore examine whether in the current situation in Turkey it can be justified to abrogate parliamentary inviolability. In addition, the Commission will examine whether the method chosen – to temporarily suspend the application of an Article of the Constitution providing specific guarantees – is in line with the principles of the European constitutional heritage and the rule of law principle.