Yousuf Raza Gilani states his resignation from office of Prime Minister would not be routine

Yousuf Raza Gilani states his resignation from office of Prime Minister would not be routine

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has recently stated that the act of giving in a resignation by the Prime Minister of the country is not a matter of routine. The statement was made with reference to the contempt of court case that in which
the Prime Minister of Pakistan is involved.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan also commented on the matter of the report made by the parliamentary committee that was looking in at the NATO supply routes: “The national security [committee] was not made by me. It was formed by the speaker and all the political
parties had their representation, including the party of the leader of the opposition. Whoever has reservations would be given ample opportunity to express their point of view. This point of view is of the parliamentary committee, not of an exclusive government
party.”

The Supreme Court of Pakistan had been repeatedly asking the Prime Minister of the country to write to the Swiss probe in order to re start an investigation in which the President of the country, Asif Ali Zardari was named as being involved with money laundering.
However, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani had blatantly refused the orders of the Supreme Court of the country for which Yousuf Raza Gilani was tried and found guilty of being in contempt of court.

The investigation against Asif Ali Zardari was made to come to halt by the signing of the National Reconciliation Ordinance that was signed by Bhutto during the time that the President of the country was Gen. (retd) Pervez Musharraf. However, the apex court
of the country had deemed the NRO as illegal that in effect called for the re starting of the investigation against Asif Ali Zardari.

However, the government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan People’s Party had resisted writing to the Swiss probe by giving the argument that the President of the country enjoyed legal immunity both within as well as outside the country under the constitution
of Pakistan. Therefore, according to the Prime Minister, the act of writing to the Swiss probe would be unconstitutional.  

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Mar 21 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry