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Govt to honor courts’ decision on NRO: PM |
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PST, Saturday, November 28, 2009 |
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RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday rejected the assumption of any threat to government or democracy, saying such hearsays were mere speed-breakers, aimed at lowering our valour.
“We are moving straight and in the right direction. Insha Allah there is no threat to this government or democracy,” Gilani told the newsmen here after visiting Adiala jail, where he spent five years of his imprisonment before reaching the PM House.
The Prime Minister there was also a surge of political maturity in the country, adding, PML (N) Qaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif also did not want the derailment of democratic system.
He said the PPP’s alliance with MQM as well as other coalition partners would remain intact.
“When I took oath, there were talks that I will remain PM for three months only. Then after three months, it was said, three months more. Now I am in office for the last over 18 months. These things are mere speed-breakers to lower our valour,” the Prime Minister remarked.
To a question about NRO, Prime Minister Gilani said the PPP has always faced courts and cases. “Be it Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari or other leaders, facing courts was not a new thing for us. The PPP faced accountability in every era,” he added.
As far as the lapsing of NRO Ordinance on November 28 is concerned, the Prime Minister maintained, “We will honor the courts’ decisions.”
About his relationship with President Zardari, the Prime Minister said transferring the powers as Chairman National Command Authority to him by the President was a true litmus test of the relations between him and the President.
Prime Minister Gilani further said, President Zardari believes in the balance of powers between the President and the Parliament and was committed to repealing the 17th Constitutional Amendment as well as 58-2 (B). |
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