I accept responsibility: Ex-PM Gilani resigns as PPP vice-president

The Express Tribune News

Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPPP) senior vice president Yousaf Raza Gilani resigned from his senior party position on Monday. “Someone needs to stand up and accept responsibility and I accept responsibility.” He made the announcement during a press conference at Multan press club on Monday, two days after his party failed to get a substantive number of seats in the May 11 polls. “I am surprised at the people of Pakistan who blamed PPP for every crisis,” Gilani said talking about the mandate of Pakistanis who did not re-elect the PPP government. Confirming that his party will now spend the next five years on the opposition benches, Gilani ensured the PPP will play an effective role. “I accept public’s decision and I understand that the public was angry about power outages and unstable economy but Why didn’t anyone ask Shahbaz Sharif about how many Watts had he contributed in energy production of the country?” he questioned. “The kidnapping of my son is no way related to my resignation and I have no differences with the leadership of the party,” he said talking about kidnapping of his son Ali Haider Gilani on the eve of the elections. Gilani was elected prime minister after the 2008 general elections and held the position till April 26, 2012.