Moby
02-20-2008, 10:17 AM
We've given Musharraf a lot of money and he has not brought OBL to justice. It sounds from Bush's comments that we haven't had much communication with the new governing parties either.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7254124.stm
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he has no plans to resign, despite a sweeping victory by the opposition in the country's parliamentary elections.
Mr Musharraf told the Wall Street Journal there was a need to move forward to help bring about a stable democratic government in Pakistan.
US President George Bush called the vote a victory for Pakistani democracy.
Meanwhile the party of late former PM Benazir Bhutto says it is ready to form a coalition with Nawaz Sharif's PML-N.
A union of Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) with the PML-N would have more than half parliament's seats.
The main party backing President Musharraf suffered a heavy defeat, and correspondents say the president appears to be in a very difficult position.
If a new governing coalition manages to muster a two-thirds majority in parliament, it could call for Mr Musharraf to be impeached.
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"It's now time for the newly elected folks to show up and form their government," Bush said. "The question then is `Will they be friends of the United States?' I certainly hope so."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7254124.stm
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he has no plans to resign, despite a sweeping victory by the opposition in the country's parliamentary elections.
Mr Musharraf told the Wall Street Journal there was a need to move forward to help bring about a stable democratic government in Pakistan.
US President George Bush called the vote a victory for Pakistani democracy.
Meanwhile the party of late former PM Benazir Bhutto says it is ready to form a coalition with Nawaz Sharif's PML-N.
A union of Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) with the PML-N would have more than half parliament's seats.
The main party backing President Musharraf suffered a heavy defeat, and correspondents say the president appears to be in a very difficult position.
If a new governing coalition manages to muster a two-thirds majority in parliament, it could call for Mr Musharraf to be impeached.
.....
"It's now time for the newly elected folks to show up and form their government," Bush said. "The question then is `Will they be friends of the United States?' I certainly hope so."