Pakistan in Crisis Musharraf will either fall on his own sword or be pushed.
August 15th 2008 00:57
Pakistan in Crisis Musharraf will either fall on his own sword or be pushed.
It seems inevitable now that President Musharraf will resign rather than face the humiliation of the impeachment process. Regardless of his links to the military and his previous strong arm tactics to quash critics he has lost his grip on power after the last election. The balance of power has shifted away from him and in the process he is being deserted by his once faithful allies. The military are standing back to watch and the Bush administration have changed from their usual unconditional support to declaring the situation to be an internal Pakistani problem.
Perhaps in the next few days I will be reporting on the resignation of Musharraf. After which we can expect a barrage of scathing analysis of his blunders and crimes.
The pressure is building on Musharraf to resign.
It seems inevitable now that President Musharraf will resign rather than face the humiliation of the impeachment process. Regardless of his links to the military and his previous strong arm tactics to quash critics he has lost his grip on power after the last election. The balance of power has shifted away from him and in the process he is being deserted by his once faithful allies. The military are standing back to watch and the Bush administration have changed from their usual unconditional support to declaring the situation to be an internal Pakistani problem.
Perhaps in the next few days I will be reporting on the resignation of Musharraf. After which we can expect a barrage of scathing analysis of his blunders and crimes.
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Comment by S.L.
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Comment by Damo
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Thanks for your comments.
My bet is that Bhutto's widower will become president as he is the dominant character in this tussle.
From what I have read in various sources there is a lot negotiation going on in the background. Part of that negotiation is to not prosecute Musharraf if he bows out quietly. Rumours are flying around but I can't get any direct quotes as yet. This happened a few months ago after his election humiliation but he decided to stay on.
Now he is under greater pressure due to the threat of impeachment. If he resigns this will also help the ruling party to make smoother transition to install an acceptable president.
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Comment by Damo
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To be honest, I will be glad to see the back of him.