Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday said he decided to leave the President’s House the day his son was arrested just after he came out of the Presidency.
“The government seemed helpless over the arrest of my son,” he said, adding that he had even not informed the president about his departure from the Presidency.
“I lived in President House for four months and I have no complaints against the president,” he said. Gilani said if the letter to Swiss authorities was written without exemption of president, it would be equal to rebellion. He said when the NA speaker’s ruling was rejected and an elected prime minister was ousted, the parliament should have raised voice against the illegal and unconstitutional step taken by the establishment.
Throwing light on current situation in the country, he said a “Bangladesh model” had become the hallmark of the day, adding that verdicts of judiciary were being followed, while the parliament was being neglected and rejected. “When I was sacked, high officials of bureaucracy were also transferred,” Gilani said. He said important decisions were being taken somewhere else than parliament, adding that he had taken the decision regarding letter to Swiss authorities while keeping in view the stability of the government, party worth and his conscience.
Gilani made it clear that if he was involved in the investigation regarding ephedrine case, he would confess the crime.
Left Presidency over son’s arrest: Gilani
