Senate elections in March 2012: Opposition wants to stop govt from success: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said there is no reason to avoid holding of elections of Local Governments in the provinces. In an interview with a private TV channel, he said the Parliament should complete its tenure of five years and the government which has presented four budgets, will table its fifth budget during the next year.
The Prime Minister said whatever the Opposition is doing, it is to stop the government from success in Senate elections of March 2012. "Opposition neither has any programme, nor it has vision," he said adding, "as March will approach, the Opposition will lose its sleep."
He said when Pervez Musharraf was angry with judiciary, PPP took practical steps and came on roads in support of the judges. "I faced tear gas and was baton charged along with others near High Court in Lahore," he said and posed a question, "Who was more supportive of judiciary than us?"
"At that time, PPP held a long march and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto was arrested and I led the long march and cases were registered against me under 16 MPO for trial in anti-terrorism court. I restored judiciary with executive orders." He said democracy is in nascent stages after a period of dictatorship and all institutions are going through evolution. "If I want that Parliament should be respected then other institutions should also respect it. There should be mutual respect and institutions should work within their ambit." The Prime Minister said it is role of the Opposition to criticise the government and it is supposed to say what it is saying now.