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Pakistan Election: Musharraf’s re-election will be
a great tragedy: RAWALPINDI: The Constitution prevents the current assemblies from electing a new president and it will be a great tragedy if the current legislature re-elects President General Pervez Musharraf, said Justice (r) Wajeehuddin Ahmad, the lawyers’ nominee for the presidential election. “By electing the new president, the current assemblies will usurp the right of the next assemblies. And from then on, it’ll be a custom that the outgoing assemblies choose their own president. I urge the lawyers, civil society, journalists and people to stop General Musharraf from becoming president for another five years, and if this doesn’t happen, it’ll be a catastrophe,” he told a gathering of the Lahore High Court and the Rawalpindi Bench’s Bar Association at the district courts on Wednesday. The lawyers’ presidential candidate was taken to the district courts in a procession from the airport after his arrival from Karachi. Hundreds of lawyers belonging to Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Jhelum, Chakwal and Attock bar associations welcomed him at Kutcheri Chowk. Wajeeh told the gathering that if the parliamentarians wanted to change the country’s fate, then they should vote out General Musharraf. APDM praised: He praised the All Parties Democratic Movement’s (APDM) members of the National Assembly (MNA)s and the members of the Provincial Assemblies (MPA)s for quitting the assemblies against Musharraf’s re-election and said their resignations had dented the credibility and legitimacy of the October 6 presidential election. He described the Supreme Court’s September 28 verdict on Musharraf’s dual office as unexpected. He said unlike the past, the SC had failed to form a full court to hear the important national issue. “It’s a constitutional requirement to form a full bench of the Supreme Court on important issues,” he said. He accused Musharraf of using billions of rupees from the national kitty for his election campaign. Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Munir A Malik, on the occasion, said that the lawyers’ struggle was not limited to the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry but it was also for the freedom of the judiciary. He said the struggle would continue until it achieved its targets. Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench Bar Association President Sardar Asmatullah said the US didn’t want to see Pakistan a democracy as envisioned by its founding fathers. Pakistan belongs to its people: Former vice chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council Advocate Ali Ahmed Kurd said Pakistan was not the property of an individual or a group, but it belonged to 160 million Pakistanis. He said the lawyers would defeat the army general on every front and in every battle. He praised the role of journalists and lawyers of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad in the current movement, Online reported. Although the current situation is not encouraging, lawyers remain optimistic, he added. Presidential debates: Wajeehuddin said that the presidential candidates should be provided an opportunity to address the National Assembly or a debate should be held among them. He said the lawyer’s community is united from Karachi to Khyber, adding that 160 million citizens of the country are supporting them. “We have lodged our first complaint before the chief election commission (CEC). The CEC cannot make amendments in the Constitution without the will of the president,”he said. The ‘dictator’ has been deceiving the nation for the last eight years, he said. The lawyers showed slogans of “Go Musharraf Go” and passed a resolution declaring they would continue their struggle until the restoration of ‘genuine’ democracy. ISI former head General (r) Hamid Gul, his daughter Uzma Gul who is a renowned legal expert of Al-jihad trust Habib Wahab-ul-Khair, incumbent and former office bearers of high court Bar and bars of various districts of the NWFP were present. Home | National | DAILY TIMES| Thursday Oct. 4
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