Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Musharraf reaches out to rivals


President Musharraf´s vision of democracy would be funny if it wasn´t laughable!

Let us hold elections and, if I win, I can claim legitimacy and if I lose, I will call for reconciliation.

A farce!

Onésimo Alvarez-Moro

See article:
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has called for reconciliation after his opponents won parliamentary elections, but he has ruled out stepping down.

A foreign ministry statement quoted Mr Musharraf as saying the polls had strengthened moderate forces.

It came as negotiations between the two main opposition parties intensified.

Correspondents say the most likely coalition is between these two - the PPP, of murdered ex-PM Benazir Bhutto, and the PML-N of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif.

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