Tokens: It
is
true
that
,
as
far
as
Mr
Coëme
was
concerned
,
the
Court
of
Cassation
did
already
have
jurisdiction
under
Article
103
.
It
is
also
true
that
,
regard
being
had
to
legal
theory
and
to
the
information
provided
by
the
Principal
Public
Prosecutor
to
the
lawyers
of
some
of
the
applicants
,
the
applicants
concerned
could
have
expected
that
the
procedure
of
the
ordinary
criminal
courts
would
be
applied
to
them
.
However
,
in
a
country
of
codified
law
like
Belgium
–
where
the
rules
of
procedure
are
essentially
a
matter
for
Parliament
and
where
successive
Constitutions
over
a
period
of
more
than
a
hundred
and
fifty
years
have
called
on
Parliament
to
adopt
rules
to
be
followed
for
the
indictment
and
trial
of
ministers
–
it
can
not
be
considered
that
the
procedure
was
established
by
law
.
To
say
that
,
for
Mr
Coëme
,
it
was
simply
a
matter
of
equality
of
arms
and
the
fairness
of
the
procedure
is
to
play
down
the
most
important
aspect
of
the
case
.
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