While commenting on the government’s decision to proceed against General (r) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6, former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday said those should also be brought to dock who endorsed the actions of the successive dictators in the past.
He said that parliament was supreme because it reflected the will of the people, adding that it was mother of all institutions and repository of all powers in the country.
He favoured opposition leader Khurshid Shah’s demand who while speaking at the floor of the House said that parliament should also pass a resolution for the removal of the portraits of dictators from parliament, PM’s House and Presidency.
He said that the 18th Amendment stressed on the imperative of the tricotomy of power and all the organs of the government, executive, legislature and judiciary should work within the ambit of the constitution for the smooth functioning of the government.
He said that the constitution did not allow any degree of transgression, whatsoever, in the domain of one institution by other institution or institutions, adding that the architects of the constitution were aware of the ramifications and therefore they underscored the importance of the observance of the tricotomy of power in absolute terms.
He observed that the successive dictators and their cohorts had already played havoc with the collective destiny of the country during sixty years political history of the country. The country cannot afford more adventurism or fiddling with democracy, he concluded.
