If a ruler is considered above law which principle is violated?

Correct answer: Rule of law

Direct answer: Option A, rule of law. The basic idea is that no person is above the law. A ruler may hold an important office, but that office does not give permission to break laws or escape legal examination. Step by step: the ruler makes or administers public decisions; those decisions must follow the Constitution and valid laws; if the ruler violates them, proper institutions such as courts or legislatures can question the action. Thus the principle broken is rule of law. Option A is correct because it requires rulers and citizens to be equally subject to law. Option B, polling holiday, concerns a day connected with voting and has no relation to legal equality. Option C, election slogan, is only a campaign phrase, not a constitutional principle. Option D, road construction, is a development activity and does not describe the legal problem. Exam cue: whenever a question says ‘above the law’, choose rule of law as the affected principle.