Musharraf's treason trial

[yazdi]

Re: Musharraf’s treason trial

@Silaaj

I agree, and understand that part. My point was, that if the govt or prosecution really wants to make an example out of him, it would be better to prosecute him for something that they can get a conviction on. A treason trial will likely be filled with lots of fodder for talk shows, but no substance. It will very likely fail, as the prosecution doesnt have strong grounds for treason. A failure will result in a major setback, and any future prosecution will probably not be entertained. Even the simple point of exclusion of Oct. 1999 will be enough to bring down this case, even though the prosecution will try its best to get as much mileage out of this as possible.

1. It is up to the aggrieved party to peruse what to include and what not to include.

Example: If Entity A is defrauded 10 times by Entity B, and yet entity A decides to peruse only one incidence out of 10.. the Entity B can not take a stance in the court that since Entity A is not pursuing 9 other incidents therefore Entity B should be automatically declared innocent in the 10th incident.

2. It is up to the aggrieved party to decide which offender should be brought to the court. For example Entity A is defrauded by 10 entities. Yet Entity A decides to peruse the case with Entity B only. Entity B can not take a stance in the court that since Entity A is not per suing fraud case against 9 other Entities therefore Entity B should be automatically declared innocent. This applies to the aiders and abettors argument.

In this case the aggrieved party is the people of Pakistan who are represented by the Government of Pakistan ONLY. Musharraf is the offender the aggrieved party has decided to take to the court. November 2007 offense is the only offense the aggrieved party has decided to peruse. Musharraf has to defend only this specific action in the court of law failing which he will be declared offender.

All the hue and cry Musharraf cronies are raising is for public consumption only. These arguments will not stand in a court of law for more than 2 minutes as the court will not allow the Musharraf lawyers to waste their time.

Moreover calling trial a victimization is technically a wrong terminology. Victim is someone totally innocent against whom some offensive action is taken. The best Musharraf supporters can claim is the discrimination by the aggrieved party, the Government of Pakistan, for targeting him only. This discrimination may be totally true but strictly in legal terms the aggrieved party is fully entitled to carry out this discrimination.