Re: Democracy under threat?
I don't think so military or opposition have to do anything to bring this govt. down, Zardari and Co e.g. Rehman Malik are enough to bring it down.
PPPP though won the election but have miserably failed to fulfill any of its promise it made or it had on its manifesto, People of Pakistan are suffering in real terms and see no hope in getting their issues ( which have turned into crises) resolved, it has been almost 20 months since PPP took control in the center yet have only added to the misery of the people.
The army of ministers may had benefited Zardari in the parliment but it had weaken and damged party position and image in the public. Some of these army men like Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Dasti, Rehman Malik, Manzoor Watto have been termed as part of the major and minor problems people of Pakistan are facing. Not to mention that like of Suleman Taseer are doing more damage then good to the party's reputation.
On the other hand, the hero of Long March earlier this year has been lost somewhere in the chaos. Lack of leaders and leadership skills is felt and it looks like that the people of Pakistan are looking for some 3rd power to fill the vaccum, it can either be army's general Kiyani or it can be from MQM or IK's tehreek-e-insaaf.
In either case, the 3rd power is less to be blamed and the blames goes to the parlimentarians who making blunders after blunders... it is just matter of time when this DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED govt falls apart... and al credits goes to Asif Ali Zardari who have went out of his way to get most incapable ministers in the cabinet, thus forming a courrpt and in capable govt.