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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Masses will reject PML-N’s politics of agitation: PM
* Gilani says PML-N wants fall of PPP-led government before Senate elections in March * Warns against unconstitutional acts
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday said that the people would reject the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s politics of agitation.
In an interview with a private television channel, he said the PML-N wanted the fall of the government by hook or by crook before Senate elections in March, but the masses would not accept it and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would emerge as a single largest party in the Senate.
“There are all indications that the PPP will emerge as a single largest party in the Senate after March elections with its coalition partners, and they (the PML-N leaders) want the fall of government before March by hook or by crook,” Gilani said.
The prime minister criticised the PML-N for provoking people and promoting the politics of agitation in the name of electricity load shedding or any other issue. “It will not be acceptable to masses,” he said.
To a question about the reports of PML-N’s intention for en bloc resignations from the assemblies to block the Senate elections, he said majority of the PML-N members of parliament would not support such a move. “I have talked to several PML-N parliamentarians, who said they will not support any such move,” he said.
The prime minister, however, added that any unconstitutional act would not be good for the country and democracy.
He said it did not suit to any matured and national level politician to provoke the people to come on road for protest and agitation.
Gilani also criticised the PML-N leaders for accepting turncoats in Punjab as a “forward bloc” and said by doing so they had abandoned the ‘politics of principles’.
On the other hand PPP did not indulge itself into such a practice at centre and formed a coalition with political parties in a democratic way, he added.
The prime minister also rejected the PML-N’s claim of getting restored the judges through a long-march and added that all the political forces, including Benazir Bhutto, and civil society staged protest rallies for the restoration of judges, but they were not restored.
However, it was only due to democracy and the democratic government that judges were restored, he said and recalled, “When I was elected leader of the House in the National Assembly, I ordered the release of judges.”
The prime minister said, “Politics is a day to day affair. Nawaz had told me that if judges are restored, the government would complete its five year term.”
Replying to a question on the issue of problems like load shedding and inflation, the prime minister said, “Nawaz had said in the all-parties conference that no single party can resolve the issues and challenges being faced by the country and it required joint efforts.”
“They (the PML-N leaders) do not have any magic wand to resolve these issues overnight,” he said.
Referring to the victory of a PML-N candidate in the recent bye-elections in Sahiwal, the prime minister recalled the bye-elections in Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and Gujranwala where the PML-N candidates faced defeat.
To a question on the removal of bar on becoming third-time prime minister through 18th Amendment, which benefited Nawaz, Gilani said the PPP did it for the restoration of constitution and also fulfilled the commitment of Benazir Bhutto. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk