Ambiguity creates power
The less clear a rule is, the more authority moves from the people who adopted it to the person who gets to explain what it “really means.”
Clarity is not cosmetic. It is a democratic control.Who gets the last word?
Interpretation & Constitutional Control
Rules lose democratic value when their meaning belongs only to the people already exercising power under them.
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Plain language reduces the private power of the interpreter.
But no Constitution eliminates disagreement. The question is who can resolve it when the dispute concerns the limits of an elected body, officer or other institution.
Power cannot be its own final judge
When an office is accused of exceeding its authority, that same office cannot be the only institution with power to define the limit being disputed.
Interpretation needs independence from the power being interpreted.A constitutional route
The Constitution can define a transparent mechanism for authoritative interpretation, review and correction — with jurisdiction and limits as clear as the offices it controls.
The interpreter is also an institution and must be bounded by rules.