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It's interesting that one of the lessons learned in Europe from the 1918-1945 era is that that the army, law enforcement and the judiciary body must be self-governing and the government must oversee their functioning bust must not be allowed to directly influence the membership of said forces except for the top national leadership. This is to ensure that the country has centers of power strong enough to oppose an attempt to dictatorship.

For example, in Italy the judiciary has a governing body of its own whose members are partially elected by the parliament, but also partially by the judges themselves. Lower judges are exclusively appointed by the judiciary governing body or through a civil service exam, and neither the government nor the parliament have any say on it.