[Riesling]

> Plus, she said that the law protecting foreign officials from defamation is obsolete and they will void it.

While, at the same time, allowing one of her citizens to be prosecuted based on it.

[nanoman]

Well, it's current law and they can't just repeal the law in a few days. Sitting it out is not an option with such a publicly visible case.

The only thing which bothers me is that it is going to be effective only starting 2018. In the current situation, they'd have a huge majority in the parliament.

[germanier]

They certainly could repeal the law in a few days, four days should be the minimum if I remember correctly. (And yes, there have been laws introduced to parliament and passed that fast before.)