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| I am not accountable: Gilani | |
| 2013-07-19 | |
Gilani said he had performed his duties as the prime minister in good faith and had taken all decisions on summaries submitted by the ministries and divisions through the Establishment Division. According to press release issued from the Bilawal House on Thursday, the former premier asserted that only parliament could do or undo the immunity because it was the mother of all institutions in a parliamentary system of democracy. He reiterated his stance that he was not answerable to law enforcement agencies for the decisions he took as the prime minister because of the immunity provided in the constitution. He said that he took the stance in the court regarding the availability of immunity to the president of Pakistan but his plea was not accepted and he was disqualified. The former premier said that the letter which his successor Raja Pervez Ashraf wrote to the Swiss authorities as prime minister noted that the president enjoyed complete immunity inside as well as outside the country. Gilani said that people were wondering as to why only the cases relating to President Asif Ali Zardari, himself and his family were being pursued, while the implementation of the Asghar Khan case had been put on the back burner. He claimed that the PPP suffered defeat in the elections due to pre-poll rigging. Gilani said his disqualification, cases against the president and many other things were the visible examples of such rigging. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |