Musharraf Sets No Date to End Emergency Rule

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: NYT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 11 — Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, appeared to yield to intense American pressure on Sunday by restoring parliamentary elections in early January, but he said his emergency decree would last at least through then, immediately raising new questions about the vote’s legitimacy.

American officials and General Musharraf’s most important political rival, the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, endorsed his announcement as a small step. Still, any election held when basic civil liberties have been scrapped could create new credibility problems for General Musharraf, who has become increasingly isolated politically, and for Ms. Bhutto, who returned to Pakistan from a life in exile to participate in the electoral process.

At a tense, combative news conference where General Musharraf sweated visibly, he defended his Nov. 3 emergency decree as the tough decision-making of a selfless leader intent on saving his country from anarchy.

“I found myself between a rock and a hard surface,” said General Musharraf, who mostly spoke in English. “I have no egos, personal egos and no personal ambitions to guard.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/world/asia/12pakistan.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin

[...of J.Temperance]

1. Yeah

I'll believe what Musharraf says, when I see it happening in black and white.

Until then, I have huge doubts that he EVER intends to scrap Emergency Rule and have a proper election.

I remember what Musharraf's "elections" look like, last time I think he was "elected" with 98% of the vote....which has RIGGED written all over it.

[AndyTiedye]

2. Even Stalin Held "Elections" Like That. So Did Saddam Hussein

[...of J.Temperance]

3. True....so does

Robert Mugabe.

The sitting-on-the-hands approach to the Musharraf critter, is pretty astonishing though, to say the least.

[Cobalt-60]

4. Emergency Rule = Martial Law

Just like Dick and Junior want here.
It should be called what it is, not what some sh*t dictator wants us to call it.

[Javaman]

5. “I have no egos, personal egos and no personal ambitions to guard.”

uh huh, right. Then why stack the pakistani supreme court with his cronies?

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