Musharraf hits out at ‘biased’ opinion polls...how can he be so sure?...

Musharraf’s in his recent address, at a conference ‘Unite for Elections’ organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, rejected opinion surveys conducted by foreign organizations and has said that opinions of 3,000 people cannot be taken as the opinion of 160 million people of the country. Exactly this is what his opponent been saying since the start of 2007 that by having support of few men he shouldn’t think that he is the most popular leader. How does Musharraf feel now?

He said foreign organizations and NGOs, especially those conducting such surveys are disturbing the peace of this region and they are playing with the peace of the world. How on Earth can these opinion polls play with the peace of the world and how do opinions disturb the peace in regions?

Musharraf further said that Media and foreign organizations by their opinion polls are trying to create perception that elections would be rigged which would push the country into a bind and seriously harm the country. One must tell him that all over the world such opinion polls and exit polls are conducted before and after elections. Election processes elsewhere are not harmed by such polls. Why does he feel that it will harm us here? In fact this is prevalent in the democratic societies that back Musharraf to their last coin.

He also said that the NGOs who conducted these polls are biased and are against the government. Doesn’t this show his sheer uneasiness and tyranny to a verdict of people that would be unfavorable to his Q league? Isn’t that obvious from his statements that he is not prepared to accept defeat of his party and his statement that “pre-judging election results raise undue hopes and might result in violence during and after the polls” hints that his party won’t be losing and if other parties are not going to accept such results, force would be used to silence the opposition. Aren’t such statements from him highly objectionable as it shows a lot of malice on his side if people are not going to accept elections results that would be against their wishes? Wouldn’t such attitude disturb peace?

By stating that “All those who think that they could disturb country’s peace must not test the resolve of the government.” Clearly shows that they are ready to crush people if people are going to stand against a verdict which is not in accordance with their wishes.

He said that “people should not to be misled by any deceit and false propaganda and differentiate between reality and myth”. How he is claiming that such opinion polls are deceits, false propaganda and a myth and not a reality. One must ask, does he know the results already. How can he be so sure of the results?

Aim H. Akhund