Refleksi : Astagafirullah! Sekaligus 50 menteri meletakan jabatan? Di kerajaan Raja Bohong, para menteri yang tidak becus, tukang kaok-kaok tipu rakyat tidak ada yang mau berhenti atau diberhentikan sekalipun tidak becus. Hanya didesas-desuskan reshuffle-reshufle. Sang Raja chawatir kalau mereka diberhentikan bisa yang maha mulia kehilangan sobat al sahabat, jadi mereka dibiarkan memetik dan menikmati buah anggur sepuas-sepuadnya di taman Firdaus.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=235554 www.tehrantimes.com February 10, 2011 50 Pakistan ministers resign in Cabinet redesign By staff and agencies ISLAMABAD -- 50 Pakistani ministers on Wednesday submitted their resignations to the prime minister as part of plans to appoint a smaller Cabinet in order to reduce government spending at a time of economic crisis. The resignations came in the last meeting of the Federal Cabinet at Prime Minister Secretariat, Islamabad, chaired by Yousuf Raza Gilani. Last week, the Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People's Party authorized Gilani to dissolve the Cabinet and form a smaller one, The Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The prime minister was tasked to appoint a smaller Cabinet with fewer ministers having reputation of integrity, competence and efficiency. "Today's meeting is going to be the last meeting of the present cabinet," Prime Minister Gilani told more than 50 ministers, praising their record on the economy, constitutional reform and response to major floods. He also expressed gratitude to them for their assistance and in improving governance in all areas. Gilani said the Cabinet during its 75 meetings took 175 important decisions out of which 77 have been implemented. He went on to say that the government after assuming power took up the challenges of terrorism and the global economic recession head-on. "We successfully steered this nation by taking prudent decisions," Prime Minister Gilani stated. Still reeling from unprecedented flooding last year that caused damages of $9.7 billion, the government is under huge pressure to introduce economic reforms and meet IMF targets agreed in a 2008 bail-out package, AFP reported. Government officials said the new cabinet would be announced within four days, although analysts and the political opposition dismissed the move as window dressing. "The size of the new cabinet will be smaller than this one," Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told state-run television. "It was a demand from the opposition to cut the Cabinet size and the People's Party government listen the voice of the masses and opposition." A government official told AFP that the Cabinet would be formerly dissolved after President Asif Ali Zardari accepts the resignations. The main ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) authorized Gilani to dissolve the Cabinet after powerful opposition parties demanded a smaller line-up as part of retrenchment efforts to tackle Pakistan's economic woes. A reduction in the size of the Cabinet is a legal requirement of the 18th amendment to the constitution, which stipulates it should be no larger than 11 percent of parliament, which would be a maximum of 49 members. The government is under huge pressure from the opposition to implement a raft of reforms, in order to head off any possible threat of a call for early elections from opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif in January gave the government 45 days to implement key reforms or risk having the PPP kicked out of government in Punjab province. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party said Wednesday that the government needed to do far more to curb spending than simply appointing a new cabinet. Photo: Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) chairing the Federal Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister secretariat in Islamabad on February 9, 2011. (Pakistan Press Information Department) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
