Former Prime Minister and Chairperson
Peoples Party, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto
At
Middle East Institute in
If General Musharraf will retire from the post of
Army Chief by October 5 - given his pledge to retire before the year's
end; second seek national reconciliation by passing an immunity law for those parliamentarians not proven guilty in the last decade; and third repeal the ban on a twice elected prime minister seeking office the PPP will not
resign from the Assemblies.
People do not want repeat of sham 2002 elections
Dictatorship fuelling, not containing extremism
People of
Some argue that extremism can better
be confronted by a military backed regime. It will not surprise you that I disagree with this view quite vigorously. I think it is a strategic
miscalculation that has had a negative impact in the battle against
violent fanaticism, posing grave dangers both to
Large sections of
On September 20, 2007, Al – Qaeda declared war on the
I took the
necessary steps to close down political madrassas whose curriculum
taught hatred and para-military terrorist techniques
Extremists have never been able to achieve more than 11% of the vote in a free
election, and they will do worse, not better if free elections are held
today
Each military dictatorship has undermined
the independent judiciary by sacking of judges
The goal of my
dialogue with Musharraf has never been personal. The goal was always to
ensure that there be fair and free elections in
the Constitution, supervised by a robust team of international monitors
and observers, as quickly as possible
Once General Musharraf files his nomination papers, the PPP would decide
whether it would resign from the present Parliament or whether it would boycott the elections
PPP would not vote for General
Musharraf as President from this Parliament unless there is a
constitutional amendment, it would not resign if he took the necessary steps to show that he was moving toward fair elections and a level-playing field.
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