If a ruler cannot be tried but a citizen can be tried which principle is incomplete?

Correct answer: Equality before law

Direct answer: Option A, equality before law. The rule of law means that laws apply to ordinary citizens and rulers alike. Reasoning: a citizen can be tried for an offence; the ruler is placed above legal trial; two people are therefore not being treated under the same legal standard; the ruler is not accountable; equality before law is incomplete or violated. Option A is correct because democratic government must also be bound by law, and office cannot create personal immunity from accountability. Option B is wrong because election campaign is about persuading voters. Option C is wrong because voting secrecy protects a voter’s choice and does not answer whether rulers are legally accountable. Option D is wrong because a voter list records eligible voters and does not establish equal application of law. The principle does not mean every case has identical facts or punishment; it means legal status cannot make a ruler above the law. Memory cue: no one is above the law.