"The rule of law acts to deter those who have power in society from abusing their power. However, one insidious abuse of power where the rule of law is cast aside, is when those who usurp the role of law-making issue a ?law” with retrospective effects. Retrospectively as a principle in law-making is to be avoided in civil society, where the rule of law remains paramount. When retrospectively is used as a powerful weapon by those who usurp the lawmaking process to entrap political opponents and their supporters, people who are targeted in such a society are condemned to live a life of total insecurity and constant fear of being arrested and punished..."