Re: How to keep army away?
It seems that you are just getting misguided by the propaganda of corrupt politicians.
Actually, it is not possible for people (voters) to know if a politician is corrupt or honest. Only people that could know are people who are in government service and have access to what is happening in office or what a politician have (possess). It is people in government service (police, investigating agencies, anti-corruption department, taxation department, and so on ...) who have access to not only all what politician does in office but what that politician have, as it is these departments that have access to all government papers and can investigate a politician.
Army in Pakistan has biggest network of intelligence in Pakistan and have access to many documents as well as access to people in different departments. They also have military power to act against corrupt but powerful politicians, something that most other departments do not have. Hence they act.
Well, let say that what you believe is right and it should be voters who decide if a politician is corrupt or honest (as most corrupt politicians says that voters should decide, and would like people to believe that too).
I do not know neither I believe it is possible that voters could know that a politician they voted is honest or corrupt, and that once in office, that politician is not doing any corruption.
Pakistani voters are mostly uneducated but let say that voters are educated and very intelligent too. Now, tell me how a voter would get access of what the politician is doing in office, how many accounts a particular politician have, what he has in his accounts, how much money he transferred abroad, what properties and wealth that politician had before election and how much properties and wealth he increased once in office, and so on. Please tell me how?
Oh i see, so you do believe "babysitting" the civil governments is the solution!
Excellent. We need more people like you...oh wait! we have...The Pakistan history of 60 yrs is full of folks with exactly your kinda rationality.
Army cries 'Politicians corrupt, and politcians cry Army cruel'......a cat-mouse chase that has kept Pakistan behind in almost every field.
I do have faith in the people of Pakistan and they do realize the power of vote. Unfortunately, either they're not taken seriously, or when they are, their votes are illegally used to divert the mandate on which they voted.
I agree the public maybe unaware of the dirty laundry of politicians, and they do need reeducation in every aspect more than ever now. But that does not give the Armed forces the right to come running and take over Govt. whenever they please. That's just WRONG!!!!!
Either Pakistan can be a democracy, or a Policed state! The choice is quite simple.
The ARMY is for protecting the country, not running it. It's as simple as that, lets not complicate and redefine the roles. Lets just follow the predefined constitutional roles outlined FIRST. That's barely happening.