Re: Imran Khan to TI party workers: " Desert me if I ever go back on my principles"
Suhaib I know what you're saying but it's not an easy position for Imran to be in. I am repeating this but Imran has never defended BB or Nawaz's corruption record. When you are fighting for something like restoration of democracy it's almost impossible to go it alone esp. when your own party has next to nil representation in parliament. You have to align (not compromise) with other parties because whether they are bad or corrupt they are part of that democratic process. I think in the short-term he really has to align with a major party perhaps PML-N atleast till such time people know more about what he/his party stand for. Maybe I am being naive here but being part of a coalition probably should n't have to mean that you have to compromise on all principles. Maybe he should align with Nawaz but at the same time make it clear to Nawaz that TI won't be supporting him in any future corruption investigation i.e. the process should take it's due course. But then will it work?
Perhaps Imran's biggest problem is that he's looking at things as he would like them to be rather than looking at them as they are and then trying to work his way thru to solve them. He should realise that we are afterall not living in utopia.
Yes it does seem that kambakht BB will win a record third term as PM. But the real power would still lie with the President (i.e. Mush can dismiss her anytime) unless BB comes to power with a really heavy (2/3) mandate (allowing her to do away with the constitutional amendment that gives the president the power to dismiss the PM). Such a mandate is not impossible esp. with lotageeri being so rife in the current political environment. Were she to fall just short of a 2/3rds majority, I am sure there would be many lotas willing to join her in government!