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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Power is a game of musical chairs: PM* Gilani says govt needs to strengthen institutions and not persons
* 18th Amendment dividend of reconciliatory politicsBy Tahir Niaz
ISLAMABAD: Power is a game of musical chairs and one should not go after something that is not permanent, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said, initiating a debate on the 18th Constitutional Amendment bill on Tuesday.
“When I met President Zardari, I said power is a game of musical chairs. One should not go after a thing that is not permanent. Therefore, we need to strengthen institutions and not persons,” he said.
The prime minister said during his tenure in the government, he had not seen any incident of political victimisation.
“What we have today is a fruit of unity. It does not matter whether we are in the government or in the opposition, let us pledge to stand united for supreme national interests,” he said.
Dividend: Gilani said the 18th Amendment bill was a dividend of politics of reconciliation, adding that it would strengthen institutions and create a balance of power between the president and parliament.
“Today the president, the prime minister, the Supreme Court and parliament are working in complete harmony with each other and it is the biggest dividend of reconciliatory politics,” he said.
The prime minister said it was the acumen of all political forces, including Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who realised their past mistakes and signed the Charter of Democracy for the restoration of real democracy in the country.
He assured the House that the government would make all-out efforts to resolve all problems facing the country and would not disappoint the nation. He said the government believed in national harmony
The prime minister praised the entire nation especially the people of the NWFP who forged an unprecedented unity and fought a successful war against terrorists who were now on the run.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk