Court judgment in Pakistan declared Prime Minister for incapacitation

Two months after his conviction for contempt of Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Prime Minister has Yousuf Raza Gilani declared incapacitation. The Supreme Court called on President Asif Ali Zardari to take the election of a new prime minister. It is unclear when or how quickly Gilani could be replaced at the head of government. According to Pakistani constitution allowed citizens who were convicted of defamation or mockery of justice, not hold a seat in Parliament. Unlike Gilani's ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) , the Court also looked to the offense of contempt of the judiciary as part of this regulation. Gilani did so on his 26th conviction April its mandate should be forfeited and no longer prime minister, the court ruled now. The trial concerned the refusal by Gilani to ask the Swiss judiciary to resume their investigation against President Zardari. This is alleged in the 90s with his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto managed to bribes in Swiss accounts to have. Switzerland has put its investigation on hold, as the 2008 President Zardari was. Gilani should call for a resumption. The Pakistani election commission followed the order of the Supreme Court and said Gilani had been retroactively stripped of his conviction in April of his mandate as a deputy. Qamar Zaman Kaira Minister of Information admitted that Gilani "after the court decision in principle no longer prime minister."

Resignation after court order uncertain

Gilani is the first Pakistani leader since the country gained independence in 1947, is convicted while in office. It is unclear whether he actually after the decision to withdraw because he had previously taken the view that only the Parliament could depose him. Gilani was initially jointly with the vice-chairman of PPP, Bilawal Zardari, received from his father at a crisis meeting. For the evening, the President also ordered the parties to coalition talks.Zardari said the crisis calls for his participation in the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg from which to start on Wednesday.