Viewed in light of these propositions, the principles of democracy and the rule of law require that the Constitutional Chamber consider whether the legislative decision, even if ex prima facie lawful, has the quality of legitimacy from consent in the interregnum between the end of the mandate and the new legislature taking office. It must be that the legitimacy of legislative decisions is lessened in this period. Whether the expiry of parliamentary mandate occurs through operation of law or through a political decision is not particularly relevant. The effect is the same – elections have been scheduled to elect the representatives through which legitimacy can be inferred. Until those elections have completed, it is more difficult to properly infer consent.