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Breaking News: Musharraf Announces His Resignation

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:34 AM EDT
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Facing the threat of impeachment, President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he would resign, saying the charges against him were false but that he would step down for the sake of his nation.

"In the future, I put myself to the people of Pakistan to decide about my future and they will do justice," he said, in a televised address to the country. "I am very satisfied with whatever I could do for this country."

Pakistan has been plagued by political uncertainty ever since the four-month-old civilian government announced 11 days ago that it would bring impeachment charges on the grounds that Mr. Musharraf violated the Constitution when he declared a state of emergency in November, firing 60 judges under the decree.

Mr. Musharraf, who took power in a coup in 1999, issued a vigorous defense of his nine years in power, listing a long chain of accomplishments, from road-building, to education to women's rights. He also denounced his accusers.

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At the core of the talks has been Mr. Musharraf's demand that he be immune from prosecution if he resigns before the impeachment proceedings begin.

The negotiations were bogged down over the legal technicalities of when immunity would be granted, according to a senior coalition official. The coalition was reluctant to grant immunity before Mr. Musharraf left office, because of fears that once he had won immunity he would not depart...

What happens in Pakistan now? (October Surprise in August...?)

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Reply#1 - Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:42 AM EDT
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ralph kimball

it is best he resign. the will of the majority of the Pakistani people has spoken. it is their choice,not ours if they want an Islamic government. to deny their will will only antagonize them further.

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    Reply#2 - Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:24 AM EDT
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    greenpagan

    ralph

    if they want an Islamic government. to deny their will will only antagonize them further.

    Deny their will with what?

    The US/NATO can't even pacify Afghanistan.

    And in Iraq the relative calm purportedly brought about by McCain's much vaunted General Petraeus's 'The Surge' is more the result of expanded public sector jobs programs--getting impoverished, idle hands and disgruntled persons off the streets-- than attributable solely to military action.

    Also baksheesh works wonders.

    The Sunni resistance, the Shia militias, etc. have stood down for now--faded into the woodwork as had the Taliban in Afghanistan for a few years until the auspices appeared favorable for re-igniting the conflict.

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    Reply#3 - Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:43 AM EDT
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