Re: Hearing of Presidential Petitions Completed - SC Verdict Soon
Well, this is about qualification of an individuals to contest the election, and not about the election itself. If and individual is not qualify to contest election, than question of validity of election isn't there.
That's the thing. You usually decide an individual's eligibility and right to contest the election before the election, not after. It would have been better had they delayed the elections by some days and decided the elibility first, instead of tying themselves up in knots like this. I believe this only a temporay sop to the other side and will just declare Musharraf eligbile on the 17th. They have had weeks of deliberations on his eligibilty and the constitutional provisions around it, and have made their minds up that they will not take on the govt on this matter. Last Friday's decision was proof of that as well.
The decisions is 70% in Musharraf's favour, as they have allowed him to stand for election in uniform and by these assemblies. If he gets elected with a sound majority then overall the ruling will be 80% in his favour.