Musharraf, resignation, clarifictions etc. (Threads merged)
Oh well. Let’s see if the PPP and PML (N) decide to Impeach the great President.
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/international/musharraf-i-won’t-resign.aspx
Musharraf: I won’t resign
Islamabad, Feb. 28: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he will not quit his post under any circumstances. “I am elected for five years and will continue to play my role. I will not resign,” Mr Musharraf said.
Talking to a delegation of newly elected members of the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) headed by party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain here on Wednesday night, Mr Musharraf said he will not resign.
The PML-Q, which supports Mr Musharraf, lost heavily in the February 18 election as the Pakistan People’s party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won the majority of seats in the National and provincial Assemblies.
The PML-Q delegation assured the President that if anybody tried to impeach him their members in Parliament would oppose the move, a party leader said.
Mr Musharraf told the delegati on that services he had rendered to his country were visible to the masses and he would continue to perform his constitutional role in the future, the PML-Q leader who attended the meeting said. “The President said he had fulfilled his promise with the nation of holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country,” he said.
PML-Q leaders Faisal Saleh Hayat, Wajahat Hussain, Riaz Fitiyana, Raza Hayat Hiraj, Riaz Pirzada and Sheikh Waqas Hussain comprised the PML-Q delegation that discussed and reviewed the political situation and also Article 58 (2b) .of the Constitution.