Friday, 27 April 2012 13:53
ISLAMABAD: Challenging the opposition to
bring a no confidence motion against him, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza
Gilani on Friday said nobody can remove him from his office except the
Speaker."Am I not an elected Prime Minister. Do I not represent 180 million people of Pakistan. Nobody can remove me from the office of Prime Minister except you Madam Speaker. This is in the law and the constitution," he said in his maiden address in National Assembly after conviction by the Supreme Court.
"Whatever the decisions, an elected Prime Minister cannot be removed without due process," he added and addressed the Speaker, "I also want to tell that Madam Speaker you are not merely a post office. But, you also have to apply your own mind on disqualification."
"But, if the Parliament denotifies me, I will be honored. This is up to the custodian of the House," Gilani said.
Talking on the key opposition party PML-N, its leadership and Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the Prime Minister said, nobody can impose his decision or wish on us. "We are elected people and strived to uphold the constitution and respect of institutions."
"They cannot act like God. We have majority in both the Houses of the Parliament. They (Nawaz, Shahbaz and Nisar) should respect others. I challenge them if they have courage, they should move a no confidence motion against me," Gilani asserted.
