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One wonders who is ruling the country, such a confusion and childesh i would say. That zardari wanted to do it, but people surrounding him could not hold it in there stomach.
Well, this is what happens when we essentially have two 'heads of state'.
The President, as in India's case, sis supposed to be a figurehead primarily.
Zardari however has retained a lot of the powers Musharraf brought into the presidency, so we now have two power individuals in the PM and the President. Musharaf was able to keep Shaukat Aziz as a figurehead PM, but Gillani apparently wants to actually run the country - i.e follow his job description.
But Zardari has his fingers in the pie as well, so it is going to continue to create confusion unless they determine a way to compromise.
In all honesty, the constitution gives Zardari the powers he has, and he is head of the PPP and the country, so Gillani should defer to Zardari's decisions, in case of irreconcilable conflict of positions and policy.
If he cannot, he should resign.
The Pakistani presidency, currently, is similar to the Russian presidency under Putin - a powerful president who has a yes man as PM running the country - with overall policy being determined by Putin/Zardari.
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