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Musharraf Is Neither Elected Nor
Legal President
 General
Musharraf’s internal and external supporters are constantly
referring to him as elected President.
Javier Solana, High
Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy,
Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union
said general Musharraf is an elected President and he will
complete his 5 year term.
On oath taking ceremony, governor Punjab, a
beneficiary of Musharraf presidency, repeated Javier Solana’s
words and said any effort to over throw Musharraf will harm
democracy in Pakistan.
Many other internal and external supporters
of general Musharraf use the same argument to maintain Musharraf
presidency for next 5 years.
Is Musharraf an elected President of
Pakistan?
No, Musharraf is not an elected President of
Pakistan; his presidency is result of series of crimes that he
committed against the constitution, the state and the people of
Pakistan.
Without repeating the list of series of
crimes committed by general Musharraf against the constitution,
the state and the people of Pakistan, because everyone in and
out of Pakistan knows about those crimes, we would simply say
general Musharraf’s constant presence on Pakistan’s political
scene is a living symbol of all those crimes which he committed
as an Army Chief and afterwards as (illegal) President of
Pakistan.
Symbols matter in common folks’ lives.
Symbols guide, lead, inspire, motivate and determine peoples’
behavioral patterns and create ripples across social spectrums.
We have observed in last 8 years in Pakistan, violations of laws
extensively grew, violence became rampant and lawlessness became
the haul mark of Musharraf regime. Most of the people who
violated laws, who committed violent acts and who propagated
violence were directly or indirectly part of Musharraf regime.
Due to this phenomenon, general Musharraf has
manufactured and installed dangerous social explosives which can
burst anytime and cause severe social strife in and beyond
Pakistani borders.
Therefore, it is not a good stance to support
Musharraf’s illegal presidency and insist on it’s imposition on
Pakistan for next 5 years. Pakistanis have no doubt that general
Musharraf is a high profile criminal who has committed series of
crimes against the constitution, the state and the people of
Pakistan. Supporting him is like supporting a criminal. It does
not set well with London’s, Brussels’ or Washington’s image in
Pakistan and around the globe. Leaders in London, Brussels and
Washington cannot afford or will not support any such criminal
in their own countries. Why are they supporting such criminal in
Pakistan and why they want him to stay president for next 5
years?
People of Pakistan want Musharraf to be
thrown out of his office before anything else. Any fishy deals
made by current political set-up or international forces will
have severe backlash in Pakistan.
Therefore, none should push people of
Pakistan where they end up taking extreme actions to correct the
situation.
Settlement of polemics in civilized matters
serves everyone’s interests. Let general Musharraf die his
political death, none should hook up oxygen supply lines to save
this dieing man. If we cannot punish this high profile criminal
at least let us not reward him by giving him another 5 years.
What Laws
Against Oath Taking Judges Will Do?
Framers of 1973 constitution included article
6 in 1973 constitution to stop politically motivated generals
from making future coups.
Did this article stop such generals from
making coup? Did this clause scare general Zia from taking over
Pakistan? Did this article scare Musharraf from landing in
Pakistan as Chief Executive of the country? No.
If article 6 did not stop politically
motivated generals from making coup how addition of another
phrase in the constitution will halt judges from taking oaths
under PCOs?
Any country’s constitution is only as
powerful as its people and institutions are willing to implement
it.
Pakistani nation, its national institutions,
politicians and people in power failed to implement article 6 of
the constitution against general Zia when he violated the
constitution and illegally took over Pakistan.
Non-implementation of article 6 in case of
general Zia motivated general Musharraf to impose martial law on
October 12, 1999.
If people of Pakistan, or their so called
representatives, who are not restoring the judiciary, and they
are talking about changing the system, and they do not implement
article 6, they cannot stop future takeovers.
If anyone is interested in solving this mega
problem he should restore the judiciary on the position of
November 2, 2007 and let the law take its course. Extend
necessary support to law to take hold in the country. If
anyone’s neck goes under guillotine, be it general Musharraf’s
neck or anyone else’s neck, let it be so.
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