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What utter rubbish......The elections are useless if the people of pakistan can not get rid of mushy.
Your allegations against the CJ are as childish as what mushy tried to frame him with and failed.
Dabong,
It was precisely this attitude, amongst most of the political parties, lawyers and perhaps the SC judges, that led to this situation in the first place. First it was his dual office and that he was not acceptable with his uniform, then when that issue seemed to be getting resolved, Musharraf was not acceptable with or without uniform.
Lets assume for a moment that every criticism directed at Musharraf is true - that he is corrupt, power hungry and a ruthless dictator. Wouldn't it be prudent then to not back him into a corner? Think about the road map he had presented rationally for a moment - SC rules him eligible to remain as president, he doffs his COAS uniform, Kiyani takes over (a candidate that no one could find fault with), and Musharraf serves as president for 5 years with almost all his power diluted. What was so terribly wrong with this compromise in the interest of allowing the system to continue?
Musharraf would have faded from the scenes in another five years. But what happened instead was an arrogant and stubborn pursuit of a complete upheaval of the system in place. Politics is about compromise and give and take - what exactly was the opposition "giving"?
Even now there is a hope for change and progress towards democracy. Most likely Musharraf will be approved to remain as president by a loyalist SC - what the opposition needs to do is focus on working with him to make the election process free and fair, and take a realistic and long term approach to bidding him farewell.