As Zardari and Bilawal assumed the party leadership through a ‘WILL’, this document should be a public property for all to view. What is Zardari trying to hide - again?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\01\story_1-1-2008_pg7_1
Benazir’s will not given to PPP CEC members
** Jehangir Badr did not attend press conference on will *
** Some CEC members claim to have seen the paper written in green ink*
By Shahzad Shah Jillani
NAUDERO: Copies of Benazir Bhutto’s will were not distributed to members of the PPP’s central executive committee (CEC), the party’s decision-making body, and select parts of a document, that appeared to be the will, were only read out, Daily Times has learnt.
“It was not circulated to the members of the CEC; it was only read out in the meeting as it contained other personal information regarding the distribution of the property and assets,” said PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar, while speaking to Daily Times on Monday at Bhutto House in Naudero.
According to an interview given to BBC Urdu, Zardari said that on the day of her death, a family member whose name he did not disclose, contacted him and said that Benazir had left some instructions for him. He did not read the document until the children insisted he open it upon which he found it was her will and was “shocked” to be named the successor.
PPP Senator Safdar Abasi said, “At least I have seen the will and I am a member of the CEC.”
The CEC meeting is supposed to be a confidential one, but it was attended by up to 70 people in addition to the core 30. Non-CEC members who attended included the party’s local leaders and close friends of Zardari such as Agha Siraj Durrani, Zulfiqar Mirza and his wife Fehmida Mirza.
Badr didn’t attend press conference: After the CEC meeting Sunday a press conference was held to disclose what was considered the most important point in the will, that of succession. However, the press conference was not attended by most of the CEC members. In fact, Jehangir Badr, the PPP’s secretary general, left Bhutto House right after the meeting. It is believed that he was meant to attend the press conference as a seat with his name tag had been set in place. It was removed. Instead, Zardari was accompanied by his friends and only the members of the party’s provincial councils.
Zardari stated at the press conference that the will had been seen by the PPP CEC members and they had endorsed it and the decisions he subsequently announced. They also passed a resolution adopting these decisions.
No one, except for Zardari, was either directed or answered any questions on the will After the CEC meeting, one senior member requesting anonymity told Daily Times that the will was “not put on display, it was read out only and that is all I know”.
Green ink: Many loyalists in the compound of Bhutto House were heard asking why the will was not made public. According to Agha Siraj Durrani, who is not a member of the CEC, but had attended the meeting: “I have seen the will, which is written in BB’s handwriting in green ink, but it would not be made public as it belongs to the Bhutto family.”
An old PPP supporter named Zulfiqar Chandio argued, however, that at least her political will should be made public so that he and the other people know what her message was for the workers. “It is a will not only for the family but BB would have dwelt on the people of Sindh and their future,” he said.Another PPP leader told Daily Times that he tried to persuade Zardari to make the will public immediately, or people could doubt its authenticity. “We are still trying to persuade him,” he added
lol malik73 sahib’s hypocrisy is quite evident here…