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| 2007
Pakistan Election: Bhutto says Musharraf refuses to implement
reforms before election in Pakistan: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto threatened to inflict a "severe blow" to the re-election plan of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf by pulling her party's legislators out of parliament unless he yields in power-sharing talks. Her threat was part of frantic, last-minute manoeuvring before Saturday's presidential election by national and provincial legislators that Musharraf is expected to win, assuming his lawyers can fend off two more legal challenges to his candidacy. The Supreme Court was hearing the cases Thursday. In
an interview broadcast late Wednesday, Musharraf
still expressed confidence he would win a new five-year
presidential term and dismissed the mass boycott by opposition
legislators aimed at robbing the vote of legitimacy. Musharraf offered some conciliatory words for Bhutto, whose party he said could play a role in curbing terrorism and extremism, which he said presents the biggest danger to Pakistan. "Dialogue is going on with them. We saw politics of vendetta between 1988 and 1999," Musharraf said of Pakistan's last period of civilian rule. "Let's have harmony." Musharraf has seen his standing shaken this year after he tried and failed to oust the country's top judge. He has also struggled to contain a surge in Islamic militancy that has seen tracts of Pakistan's volatile northwest move out of state control. Bhutto said power-sharing talks between her and Musharraf were "totally stalled" and the country could be heading toward "street agitation." She said Musharraf's intransigence had pushed her Pakistan People's party to the brink of joining other opposition groups in pulling their legislators from parliament to undercut the validity of the vote. "Most probably today or tomorrow we will resign," she said in London, where party leaders are holding a crisis meeting. "I think the resignation of the Pakistan People's party will be a severe blow to the legitimacy of the presidential election." Deputy information minister Tariq Azim denied Thursday the talks are stalled. "It is an ongoing process and we are still optimistic for an understanding with Benazir Bhutto and we are trying to address her concerns," he said. Musharraf last week signalled he would restore civilian rule if re-elected, eight years after he seized power in a coup. His heir apparent as army chief was named Tuesday. But Bhutto's party said he has failed to budge on a host of other demands, including allowing her to return to Pakistan and seek a third term as prime minister. Bhutto led the government twice between 1988 and 1996 but was overthrown both times amid allegations of corruption and misrule. On Tuesday, Musharraf's government said it had revived talks with Bhutto - a claim her party has yet to confirm. It also indicated it was ready to drop old corruption cases against her, clearing her way to go home eight years after she left to avoid arrest on suspicions registered by another exiled former leader, Nawaz Sharif. The government has given few details about the proposed amnesty other than that it would apply to other politicians - not only Bhutto - and would cover cases up to 1999 in which people had not been convicted. Bhutto, however, said the immunity plan seemed to be aimed at helping Musharraf's own supporters. Bhutto, who intends to return to Pakistan on Oct. 18, is demanding a constitutional amendment that would allow her to seek the prime minister's job again. She also wants Musharraf to cede the president's power to dissolve parliament and reforms to guarantee parliamentary elections due by January are free and fair. "He is prepared to say this will be done at some indefinite, indeterminate future time. But none of it can be done for the presidential election and after the presidential elections, well it's another day, and we will see," Bhutto said. Bhutto said Wednesday she wants to build a moderate Pakistan, shift to civilian rule and tackle social and economic problems and Musharraf claims he wants the same things. "In fact, on the ground, nothing has changed from nine months ago," Bhutto said. "Extremism has spread. Our tribal areas have become safe havens for militants. Our schools for girls are being shut down there." "People are being beheaded. Our people yearn for stability and security...for safety from suicide bombers and roadside bombers. The present regime cannot salvage the situation." In the latest violence, militants holding some 230 Pakistani soldiers killed three of them before dawn Thursday, after the army raided guerrilla hide-outs near the Afghan border, officials said. Copyright © 2007 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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