Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said there was no need of elections as judges of the country wanted to govern it. Talking to reporters, he said, “We have fought all dictators and were always successful, but today the judiciary has become a dictator.” Gilani said if all the decisions to be taken by prime minister were taken by judges, “then elections will be a mere drama because it is the judiciary which will choose the prime minister according to its own will”. “I will surely go for a protest at all levels against the judicial oppression in the country,” he said, adding that Pakistan would never become stable if Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was sacked.
“If Raja Pervez Ashraf asks me for advice, I will tell him to reject the court orders.” Gilani said a third force had always been blamed for derailing democracy in the country, but now the judiciary had become that third force by using the constitution in an unconstitutional manner. “The judiciary has become the third force for which the army was blamed in the past, and today they want a controlled democracy, as the institution has been politicized with clear and determined political intentions.” Gilani said the judiciary had declared itself the custodian of sovereignty of the country. He added that the economic instability in the country was also due to the environment created by the judges. “They have frightened away people from investing in Pakistan and you can see no one is eager any more. They [judges] have direct interference in every affair of the government.”
Gilani to Ashraf: Ignore SC’s illegal orders
