Supreme Court Should Exercise Judicial Restraint on Presidential Immunity

[chacha_Ghalib]

Re: Supreme Court Should Exercise Judicial Restraint on Presidential Immunity

@Amal

If tomorrow government abolishes the supreme court, you want the opposition to stay indoors?

That was in response to you suggesting that the government is doing all this drama to win the next election. I guess the opposition is a party to that plan then since it is helping the government in creating drama.

While I am fully in favour of sending a government home by not re-electing it for another term, I also find that this is the most lenient way for punishing politicians who bring your country to its knees in five years. Electoral mandate is not a 5-year licence to loot the country at your will and go telling people not to elect you again. If I accumulate 5 biilion in 5 years, what problem I possibly may have by not getting re-elected?

Tell me one more thing, suppose there are 10 parties in a country and all join hands under the umbrella of democracy. They make a coalition, win poll and assume the reins of the country. Since they have absolute majority, they can make laws to cripple the judiciary and make their tenure indefinite. What do I do now?

No one is saying that they have a licence to loot. That’s why you should strengthen the institutions so that they are able to take care of such politicians. Electoral accountablity is the only way the system is going to evolve. If you think SC is going to be able to strong arm the politicians into being honest, you are deluding yourself.

The focus of the CJ should be on reforming the judiciary which is still pathetic for the average guy. Let bygones be bygones. Remember, this CJ twice took oath under PCO yet he had to audacity to punish those judges who took it against his wishes.

You can’t deny that the judiciary is overzealouse against PPP and the CJ is acting as the de-facto chief executive of the country. Why, for example, did they waste 6 months on that memo issue. It was a waste of time from the beginning. Yet, it was made out to be a matter of life and death. That is how every issue is blown up in Pakistan.