In Interview, Musharraf Defends Rule by Decree - Condi ineffective

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The Power of Condi:

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 13 — The president of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, vigorously defended his declaration of emergency rule in a 40-minute interview, insisting that it would not interfere with the holding of free and fair elections.

He defended the decree issued 10 days ago that scrapped the Constitution, dismissed the Supreme Court and resulted in the arrests of 2,500 opposition party workers, lawyers and human rights advocates, and rejected an appeal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lift emergency rule.

“I totally disagree with her,” General Musharraf said in an interview with The New York Times at the presidential building here on Tuesday. “The emergency is to ensure elections go in an undisturbed manner.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/world/asia/14pakistan.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

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1. the elections have already been disturbed

and he wants to hold his 'elections' with his 'emergency' decree still in place.

There's nothing he can do now to reverse the intimidation he's fostered with his crackdown. There can be no 'free and fair' election with the intimidator still possessing all of the power and authority he's assumed in his anti-democratic assault on the courts, the media, and his political opposition.

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2. how do you hold an election without a constitution and under martial law

sounds like a bu$hco operation

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3. another musharraf qoute from interview....

General Musharraf during the interview in Islamabad today. He said that the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s actions since her return were “producing negative vibes.”


hmmmm