This drew derision from his political opponents who say that the dissolution of the Parliamentary Union would indeed involve an ending, a breach.

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In one ruling Thursday, the Supreme Constitutional Court found that the rules governing January's parliamentary elections were invalid, triggering the dissolution of parliament.

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As Robert Hazell, of University College London, points out, if Mr Brown really wanted to give up his right of dissolution, he would have advocated fixing the parliamentary term.

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