Gilani is absolutely right in saying that. Even though I am not a big fan of this government, I fully support his stance here. The army should mind it’s own business and respect the constitution. They should not meddle with affairs outside of their domain
**Pakistan’s prime minister on Sunday rejected a demand by the country’s powerful army chief that he clarify or retract his criticism of the army and the spy agency last week, likely raising tensions further in a festering row with the military. “The prime minister … is answerable to parliament,” Yusuf Raza Gilani told reporters in the central city of Vehari. “I will not answer to a person. I am answerable to parliament.” Gilani last week criticized Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani and the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha for filing court papers in a case involving a mysterious memo that has pitted the military against the civilian government.
In an interview with Chinese media, Gilani said the filings were “unconstitutional”, infuriating the military’s high command, who issued a stern press release on Wednesday.
“There can be no allegation more serious than what the honourable prime minister has levelled,” it said.
“This has very serious ramifications with potentially grievous consequences for the country.”
Gilani’s comments were in response to a journalist’s question about media reports Saturday night that Kayani was infuriated by Gilani’s criticisms.
The army chief complained to Zardari and demanded that Gilani’s comments be clarified or withdrawn, a military source told Reuters on Saturday.
Gilani, however, showed no signs of backing down.
“What I said was not an accusation,” he told reporters. “We want there to be respect for the constitution, rule of law, and all institutions to work within their limits. I said just one thing, that rules and procedures were not followed. And that was the defence secretary’s fault, for which we removed him from his post.”
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Yes Mr. PM you are accountable as per the constitution only to parliament.
Now will you grow some balls and fire the asses of Pasha & kiyani and try them under article 6. Honorable PM, you can look at Turkey as an example.
Your stance is only strengthening the democracy and providing much needed courage for bloody civilians !
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This is actually a test for Imran Khan. He should vocally come out in favor of Gilani firing Kiyani & Pasha, if he is sinsere about democracy. Remember he said in the interview that "he will be PM and the army will REPORT to him"? Well prove it! Gilani is PM and the army should defer to his wishes
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Try them under article 6 for what? He sure can try them, but it would be a military court since the govt itself doesn't respect the decisions of the supreme court.
This is actually a test for Imran Khan. He should vocally come out in favor of Gilani firing Kiyani & Pasha, if he is sinsere about democracy. Remember he said in the interview that "he will be PM and the army will REPORT to him"? Well prove it! Gilani is PM and the army should defer to his wishes
Imran already came out in defence of democracy recently and some people at another forum were criticizing him for it. PPP is no angel so I don't know why he would be so personally invested in gillani?
Re: I am only answerable to the Parliament: PM Gilani
Yes Mr. PM you are accountable as per the constitution only to parliament.
Now will you grow some balls and fire the asses of Pasha & kiyani and try them under article 6. Honorable PM, you can look at Turkey as an example.
Your stance is only strengthening the democracy and providing much needed courage for bloody civilians !
Fire karna zaroori hai Firenze! Our civilian government is weak and we need to understand that. Gilani made his point very clearly. Let's see how the military reacts to this. Confrontation should be a last resort IMO
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sorry, dont buy it, he suddenly remember the parliament now. All this time he and his govt have treated the parliament as a rubber stamp and the actual ruler has been the "will" president. Where is his principles when he is running around the president house doing "yes sir, yes sir, three bags full sir, just cleaned your toilet for you sir". Pathetic character will use anything so long as it benefits him. If he was sincere than yes the whole nation would have supported him.
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I never favored Gailani here in any post but he was found in parliament all the time . He was not capable much but stood bravely against the conspiracies of dirty alliance .
He is now much better than the most dirty puppet of establishment .
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This is actually a test for Imran Khan. He should vocally come out in favor of Gilani firing Kiyani & Pasha, if he is sinsere about democracy. Remember he said in the interview that "he will be PM and the army will REPORT to him"? Well prove it! Gilani is PM and the army should defer to his wishes
He is planted by establishment how can he can go against it? It is high time that Gilani should prove that democracy is superior and fire these two stooges without delay for violation of constitution.
Re: I am only answerable to the Parliament: PM Gilani
He is planted by establishment how can he can go against it? It is high time that Gilani should prove that democracy is superior and fire these two stooges without delay for violation of constitution.
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To me it seems more of political posturing, we will see if he can wrest foreign affairs and internal security from the army. When they don't have any performance to back that up, these statements seem to be from a person desperate to achieve political martyrdom for his party.
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They tried their best to handle establishment politely but you know our establishment is not more than a mafia . They believe in conspiracies and do it . They have perfect hold on media and have a lot of puppets in politicians . They have their money king to pay for their needs so they are free from accountability .
Bas Bhai itna hi kafi hay .
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We will see soon what comes out of this, for the past 4 years they didn't do anything, now when people's party has been completely exposed to the people they want to achieve martyrdom so that they can play their victim/sindh card again.
If they are serious they don't have to fire Kiyani and pasha, just assert control over the matters of the country.
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Zardari-Kayani meeting shows ‘limited options’ for all
****ISLAMABAD: **The face-to-face meeting between President Asif Zardari and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani might have helped the two sides pull back from the brink, but the worst is not over yet, according to a senior member of the embattled Pakistan Peoples Party-led government.
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A PPP veteran and close aide of the president has acknowledged the civilian government’s ‘limitations’ in asserting its authority over the powerful military establishment.
But what has emerged, in the wake of a widening rift between the civil and military leadership, is that all stakeholders have ‘limited options’ to exercise.
“The generals are aware of the fact that they cannot seek a direct intervention and it is also true that the government cannot sack the army chief either in the present situation,” the source said.
The PPP leader, who asked not to be named, said that tension had eased slightly after the meeting between the president and the army chief. “But the standoff still persists,” he added.%between%
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If PPP was a capable party, then they would have been more prominent in asserting their authority. I was reading an article about some christian leaders who said that they were more secure when musharraf was in power, since musharraf would send police to secure their churches if there ever was a threat to their lives. Forget the roles assumed by the establishment, what about the economy and infrastructure that this govt does control where they have run the country to the ground. Now, I don't want another repeat of the ayub or zia rule, but a part of me just shudders to think about what would happen if the same imcompetent lot ran our foreign policy especially with the whole american afghanistan mess right now?
PS Now, PPP trolls would come out and defend PPP to death with examples like ISI was "put in" the interior ministry. My question to them is that what is the purpose of putting ISI in the "interior" ministry, when constitutionally ISI is supposed to be for external threats, and it coordinates with IB for internal intelligence? This govt routinely flouts the SC, that would put Musharraf to shame, and wants to put ISI in "interior ministry" for god knows what reason: my bet is on using ISI to spy and tame other political parties. I just hope they complete their tenure and then get lost from Pakistan for good.