How the fuck!? OK, fine; government can make rule changes ... we get it. After all, someone has to be able to ... but they SHOULD NOT be effective immediately.  Any rule changes made by a sitting government that GRANT MORE POWER to government MUST NOT take effect until the NEXT change of administration to stop this very thing ... It should be: Sure, you can change the rules -- but only reductions in power to government may be applied immediately. The next administration should be the first to have access to any new powers granted -- a common sense check and balance to protect against [and easily roll back] just these sorts of abuses.