Musharraf says that he can be re-elected by the same assemblies. So its obvious he plans to saty for another 5 years.
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/may2006-daily/18-05-2006/qomi.htm
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More power to him :k:
Who needs another five years of some corrupt chaudry, bibi or some baldie with a new hair transplant?
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hey but chaudries are in his camp all the time!!!
Mushy needs an other 5 years though he should remove the uniform at some point soon.
I dont care how he manuplate or do it, he should stay and keep away the looters with no shame and no vision.
mushy is more democratic then those bunch above all we need strong economy rather than assemblies full of idiots with no direction but one thing common - loot at all cost all the time on expense of poor people of Pakistan.
he seems to best of all evils available at the moment if he is not perfect.
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I am all for democracy and rule of law. No one should be above the law. I can not dpend on the intelligence of one dictator.
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it wasnt me :(.
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That was the thinking when he first took power, but Mush himslef has disproved that theory long ago, with all his actions these last 6 years
He is just as bad as any of his predecessors, which is a shame 
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Enuf of musharraf mian.. in order to make Pakistan a western country he will destroy our moral and cultural values. We want one of the following to rule Pakistan for long time(~20 years)- 1) Ch. Shahbaz Sharif 2) Ch. Shujaat Hussain 3) Qazi Hussein Ahmed.
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Well, most politicians of Pakistan (especially those in opposition) love 1973 constitution and thus they probably pleaded to Musharaf to follow the constitution in word and sprit. Musharaf being a democratic and obliging person decided to oblige them by following the constitution. According to the constitution, a presidential election has to happen at most two months and at least one month before President 5 years are completed.
Pakistan parliament (plus senate and provisional assemblies) elected Musharaf as President in November 2002. So according to the constitution, he has to go to the parliament (plus senate and provisional assemblies) between September 2007 and October 2007 for re-election. Since the time for this parliament finishes in November 2007, his constitutional re-election has to happen from present parliament (and other presidential electorate)
According to the constitution, once the time of existing parliament finishes (that is 5 years) then president dissolves the parliament, set up a caretaker government and that caretaker government holds election within 3 months. So according to the constitution, President would dissolve the parliament in November 2007 (after parliament electing the president in September ’07 or October ‘07) and would setup a caretaker government. This caretaker government would hold the election by February 2008.
If President does not get himself re-elected by October ’07 then he would be going against the constitution (something why he should do?). Obviously when all opposition wants no violation of constitution and demanding that, how can our democratic president go against the majority demand? It seems that if he does not get himself elected through present Parliament (and other presidential electorate) then opposition would start shouting that Musharaf is breaking the constitution. Thus, it is best that Musharraf go through present presidential electorate to get himself elected.
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let not talk about constitution cause it doesnt allow a Government servant to be a candidate for MPA, MNA, Senate, CM, PM and President until two years after leaving the job.
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Even though I am an immense fan of Musharraf and his policies, I think he should think about dropping out of Pakistani politics in the very near future. The immense benefit and recovery from the Nawaz Sharif era that he has brought to Pakistan is perpetually tarnished by the way in which he came to power.
The question is, who would be better to succeed him? Nawaz Shareef abused his power as PM far more than Bhutto, eliminating constitutional limits on his power, using the weight of the governent to limit and try to control the press, and most unforgivably, his cheap shot at trying to implement Shariah law simply as a way to score political points (even the religious parties were against his efforts on this, they saw through his charade).
Hopefully Bhutto has been chastised by the investigations into her global corruption, and Zardari has hopefully been similarly chastised by his time in jail. So I hope against all odds that they might rule competently next time.
Bhutto at least is unlikely to use religion for power; she is more likely than Nawaz Sharif to continue anti-terrorist operations in Waziristan; and best of all, Bhutto is the daughter of the man who unleashed the Pakistani army on Baloch traitor guerillas in 1973, and so hopefully she will be willing to continue to do the same today.
I'm sure that her and her husband will continue trying to suck every paisa out of the Pakistani economy and into their wallets, but she is the lesser of the two evils compared to Nawaz Sharif.
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Mushy needs an other 5 years though he should remove the uniform at some point soon.
I dont care how he manuplate or do it, he should stay and keep away the looters with no shame and no vision.
mushy is more democratic then those bunch above all we need strong economy rather than assemblies full of idiots with no direction but one thing common - loot at all cost all the time on expense of poor people of Pakistan.
he seems to best of all evils available at the moment if he is not perfect.
One thing is for sure BB and Nawaz will shut down all a lot of the private tv channels that have started airing in the last 5 or 6 years, as unlike Musharraf they cannot tolerate any criticisim or lampooning.
Every leader in Pakistan for the last 30 years has been controversial in some form or another, and this is not new to Musharraf. He is not going anywhere - far from it as we shall see in the coming months.
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I agree with you, They dont have courage to accept such democracy. All they want absolute power to loot! and power to silence the media for cover up.
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No one will shut these channels, they will just have to pay 10%
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I have heard some rumors that a secret deal has been made to bring Nawaz Sharif back. Doesn’t seem real to me but in Pakistan you can never be sure!
Either way Pakistan is screwed.
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The question is, who would be better to succeed him? Nawaz Shareef abused his power as PM far more than Bhutto, eliminating constitutional limits on his power, using the weight of the governent to limit and try to control the press, and most unforgivably, his cheap shot at trying to implement Shariah law simply as a way to score political points (even the religious parties were against his efforts on this, they saw through his charade).......
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Iltaf Hussain maybe? That's gonna make a guppy happy, at least.