Compare the "fairness" perception and views of the elections in 2002 and 2008, I hope that you'll know why 2002-2007 govt was not more "democratic" than current one. 2002 was more of "selection".
You mean, even in 2002 Musharraf selected most MNAs from PPP and MMA, and even when selection was criteria still Musharraf party (PMLQ) did not get majority of seats in Parliament, such that to make government, a number of PPP MNAs left their party to join PMLQ and even then, PMLQ Prime Minister got through with one vote :) ... It was nice selection that to get constitutional 17th amendments, government still needed cooperation from MMA, a party that was in opposition :). But then, there are always people who would complain that election was actually selection if that fits to their liking. Even today, many believe that PMLN and PPP won the election because it was selection.
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Musharraf was trying to avoid impeachment by making deals with Nawaz and Benazir. Someone getting re-elected by a parilament whose own term is about to expire is laughable, but then that is a separate issue.
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Trying to avoid impeachment? How come impeachment came during deal time that happened much before even election of parliament? And even now, as the numbers are, it is doubtful that impeachment would have got successful but President resigned, as claimed, because just process of impeachment could take around 6 months and political turmoil for that long could have completely destroyed Pakistan economy.
As for parliament electing President whose own term was near to expire is not laughable, as term of parliament is nothing to do with term of President. It is as much laughable as a parliament giving budget few months before their term. For instance, Pakistani budget comes in June and any parliament that is present in June passes the budget regardless of that parliament may expire in July or August..
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I already said, the deal was that Mush'd have remained President for his complete term had they agreed to Mush's terms.
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Well, first of all, no one could have said who would win the election and secondly, when President was already elected he has constitutional right to sack the parliament anytime and such parliament that can be dissolved anytime could not impeach a president unless President is willing to get impeach without using his own constitutional power to dissolve the parliament. So, it is absurd that such deal was needed for President to stay in office. If President wanted to than he could have dissolved the assembly constitutionally even if there was enough votes to impeach him.
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There is no logical reason of pardoning criminals like Asif and Nawaz, all this "reconciliation" is just a smoke screen to let the crooks come in. Who in their right mind would pardon criminal like Benazir, Asif, Nawaz? They have not only committed crimes against "indiviual" but also against Nation, what right did Mush have to pardon them?
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Well, there is logical reason. Logical reason is that Musharraf miscalculated the intelligence of masses. He thought that people of Pakistan after seeing the difference of government these two thugs gave and last government, would not vote for thugs. But unfortunately propaganda by liars in media and elsewhere backed by corrupt money from these thugs and other countries vested interest, illusion of retards who call themselves religious but love people like Lal Masjid terrorists, people's dependence on corrupt who get elected as MNAs, ignorance amongst masses, short memories ... etc could not change the people even after these two thugs bit them and the country twice each.
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You are free to believe what you believe as propaganda, you can continue to believe 2:00am calls were propaganda, Mush never received threat call afer 9/11 to cooperate else....
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Let see, time would tell. If you really and sincerely believe that what you wrote is not propaganda full of illogical lies then no one can tell you that it is. :)
