The key indicators now out in the open include the shocking debacle for PPP on the NRO; the somersault of the MQM to oppose the NRO; a direct demand by Mr Altaf Hussain asking President Zardari to resign; the extra confidence in Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to practically take over matters in his own hands; the emergence of Nawaz Sharif from his friendly opposition bunker; the significant stand taken by Fata MPs; the calm and cool but ever persuasive demeanour of the army chief to discuss “matters of national security” with the prime minister (not the president); the nervousness in some camps over the “messages and ideas” Lady Hillary Clinton has taken back to Washington; and the unusual multi-country tour of our ISI chief, starting with Saudi Arabia, which some government spokespersons hilariously described as a visit in which he had taken a message to the Saudi King from President Zardari.
What has already happened is known but what is likely to come is more important. All stakeholders agree, and this I can claim after meeting almost all of them in the last few days in Islamabad and Lahore, that President Asif Ali Zardari will have to either step down with dignity, hand over his presidential powers to the PM through a fast-track constitutional amendments process, or become a figure head and stay within his bunker for as long as he does not create any nuisance.
Some apologists for the presidency have already publicly indicated that Mr Zardari is seriously thinking about this course because that would keep him in the top most position, immune to the unpleasant hardships of defending himself in civil courts, a process he has endured for years, and wait for his time to strike back as a relevant PPP leader, with the active aid and presence of son Bilawal and daughters Bakhtawar and Assefa.
Labels: Government, Power Politics, Zardari
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At November 6, 2009 at 11:38 AM,
Shumaila said...
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A severe campaign has been started against President Zardari to make him step down. This is not for the first time he is being pressurize, since he held office conspiracy started against him. Anti-democratic people are deliberately charging President Zardari for things. Few anchors on media are working on a certain agenda. There rude behavior shows that they are out for anti-zardari agenda and the sole purpose is to make President Zardari to quit. When Prime Minister says that PPP would not table NRO in the Parliament then what is mean to discuss it everywhere. It is up to court to decide the future of NRO. Hamid Mir and Dr Shahid Masood from Geo tv have crossed the limits. Their talks are divorced from reality. Fabricated stories and baseless allegation won’t do the trick for them. Democracy has just started in Pakistan but few elements don’t want it to flourish in Pakistan. It is our collective responsibility to block such people who are ruining this system.
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