Assemblies' tenure can be extended
* PML chief says he is against 'politics of references'
* Constitution will be amended if Musharraf decides to remain in uniform
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain says the government has various options if the MMA decides to dissolve the NWFP Assembly after the opposition's all parties conference, one of them being to extend the assemblies' tenure for a year.
In an interview with CNBC Pakistan on Sunday, he said the government could also dissolve the National Assembly. "We have options either to dissolve the NA and hold fresh elections or elect President Musharraf from the present assembly," he said. The provincial assemblies can exist constitutionally even if the NA is dissolved, he added.
"We would also resign if the opposition resigned from the provincial assemblies," Hussain said. He added that politics was a "game of cards" in which sometimes you bluffed, and statements about dissolving assemblies were part of the game. He said he was against "politics of references" and had asked the MQM to withdraw the reference against Imran Khan.
He said the Constitution would have to be amended if Gen Musharraf decided to remain in uniform after December 2007.
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| Shujaat invites political parties to prepare code of conduct for elections |  |  |  |
| ISLAMABAD, Jun 24 (APP): President Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Sunday extended an invitation to opposition parties to prepare code of conduct for the upcoming elections, removing their reservations in this regard. Talking to CNBC television, the PML President vowed to ensure holding of free, fair and transparent elections. He said elections would be held in accordance with the Constitution, either these are Presidential or general elections. Ch. Shujaat underlined the need to maintain culture of tolerance in politics, putting the country on consistent path of development and prosperity. To a question he said the party getting majority in the elections would form the government as it was a democratic process. |
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