How can Zardari let down PPP supporters by forming an alliance with MQM?
Also, Zaradari is already putting doubts on Amin Fahim’s candidacy for PM by putting doubts in people’s mind by saying Fahim may not be acceptable to the the establishment.
Get ready for PM Zardari. ![]()
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/02/15/story_15-2-2008_pg7_4
Establishment may not accept Fahim as PM: Zardari
** Says alliance with MQM and PML-N possible after polls *
** Warns of protests if polls rigged*
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday that Makhdoom Amin Fahim was a respected party leader, but the establishment might not accept him as a prime minister.
In an interview with News One TV channel, Zardari said the PPP could form an alliance with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) after the polls. The PPP was negotiating with MQM chief Altaf Hussain and wanted to take him along, he added.
Zardari said politics had become a dirty game, but Benazir Bhutto revered it with her blood.
Later, talking to Geo News, Zardari reiterated that his party would form a national government after winning the polls. Zardari said he would invite every party for talks except ‘political orphans’.
He said the PPP would encourage the process of national reconciliation and national unity after the elections.
He said elimination of extremism would not be possible without containing poverty and illiteracy.
He said continuation of composite dialogue between Pakistan and India would be his party’s top priority.
He claimed that the PPP would secure vast majority despite all rigging tactics.
Warning: Zardari warned that he could call for protests across the country if his party was robbed of victory in the elections, AFP reported. The lack of impartiality of the Election Commission meant Monday’s polls would be “pre-rigged, he said, adding that PPP supporters could take to the streets. “I am less concerned about myself. My major concern is about my supporters, because in every attack they have died in the hundreds,” he said. He did not rule out power sharing with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Zardari also brushed off suggestions that he did not have full support of the PPP.