Retired General (imposed) President Musharraf has been going places and asserting that the coming elections are going to be held as scheduled and the possibility of rigging in the elections has been minimized.
He has been busy convincing the West that he is committed to hold free and fair elections. Let me ask those who patronize Musharraf especially the western states that aren't their judiciaries and the election commissions independent and impartial? Do they not know that only independent election commissions and impartial judiciaries can only guarantee free and fair elections? If yes, why don’t they question Musharraf on giving Pakistan back its impartial judiciary and an independent Election Commission? Perhaps they also don’t want free and fair elections in Pakistan.
Musharraf’s commitment to hold free and fair elections would only be serious if coming elections are held by an impartial Election Commission which is accountable to an independent judiciary. He will only pass his test of character if the elections are held under impartial Election Commission and independent judiciary.
Can he do this for his beloved country? A person who has twice breached the oaths he has taken under the Constitution of Pakistan, who has abrogated the Constitution twice, who has deposed and seized the judges of our apex court for not validating an invalid election and who has installed marionettes in the Election Commission, claiming the above sounds like a joke of highest order.
Sorry, Mr. President your actions have been inconsistent with your claims since you have been in power.
Asim H. Akhund
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