Gillani knows that Q league and MQM will never agree to Musharraf's trial because they themselves may also be implicated for supporting him. That is why he is hiding behind the charade of consensus.
The truth is that it is the responsibility of Government to implement the law and it does not need any resolution to make it do that. When the government books a murderer for his crime, does it ask the National Assembly for resolution first?
Initially Gillani talked about Assembly resolution for Musharraf's trial because according to him it would increase the moral weight of such action, even though it was not a legal requirement. When PMLN called his bluff and said that they are ready to table such a motion, then he strangely started talking about consensus fully knowing that a consensus is impossible.
The fact is that such a motion can easily pass with a big majority inspite of opposition of Q league and MQM, if PPP decides to support it. But for some reason, PPP cannot afford to vote against Musharraf and that is why it using the nonsensical argument of consensus, knowing fully well that in democracy decisions are made by majority not by consensus.
But this is yet another folly of PPP government. On judges issue also it was talking about Assembly resolution and consensus, but in the end it had to eat a humble pie and judges were restored without any resolution in assembly. the same thing will happen on this issue also, inshallah.
True to its history, this PPP government will end up eating " sau piyaz as well as sau jootay".
Posted 2 years ago on 19 Aug 2009 16:59
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