Opposition rejects Musharraf result
Pakistan’s leader must wait 10 days for supreme court decision on poll result.
“The election has no moral or constitutional value,” he said.
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Haq said leaders of the All Parties Democratic Movement would meet in the coming days to plan protests against Musharraf.
“A majority, a vast majority, have voted for me and therefore that result is the result.”
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Musharraf must now wait at least 10 days for a supreme court ruling on the legality of his re-election, but analysts have said the court is unlikely to annul his sweeping victory.
Bukhari said: “It is very difficult to speculate what the supreme court decision will be.
Hassan Askari Rizvi, a Pakistani political analyst, said: “The supreme court may be scared that the situation [in Pakistan] could go in any direction because they don’t expect Musharraf to quit.
“Pakistan needs a military leader who can control both civil and possible military extremism” Creative_person01, Islamabad, Pakistan |
About 30 per cent of national assembly opposition politicians resigned before the vote and Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s party abstained.
Musharraf has been in conflict with the supreme court since he attempted to sack Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the chief justice.
Political wrangling
Musharraf appealed to Pakistanis in a televised address [AFP] |
If his re-election is confirmed, the president has promised to leave his position as head of the army by November 15 and be sworn in as a civilian leader.
Opposition parties have vowed to stage protests over Musharraf’s decision not to step down from his army post ahead of the election.
But Musharraf had averted a walk-out by Bhutto’s PPP by granting her amnesty from corruption charges, paving the way for a power-sharing deal between the two politicians.