If government presents its orders as above law, why will rule of law weaken?

Correct answer: Arbitrariness will increase instead of rule-based limits

Direct answer: Option C, arbitrariness will increase instead of rule-based limits. Rule of law means that the government, officials, and citizens are all subject to law and constitutional limits. Step by step: a government order is an exercise of public power; if the government places that order above law, no legal rule can control it; officials may then decide according to personal or political wishes; citizens lose predictable protection. That is why rule of law becomes weak. Option A, voting difficulty, is not the central consequence. Option B, changing the election date, is only one possible administrative matter and does not explain the principle. Option C correctly contrasts legal limits with arbitrary power. Option D, lower election expenses, is unrelated. An order may implement law, but it cannot lawfully cancel higher legal and constitutional limits. Memory cue: rulers are also ruled by law.