MMA warns of civil disobedience if Musharraf tries re-election
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties at a national consultative meeting under the aegis of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) on Friday announced that they would begin a civil disobedience movement if President Pervez Musharraf tries to get himself re-elected from the current assemblies or imposes martial law in the country.
The meeting, which continued till midnight here, also formed a committee to take a decision in case Musharraf tries to get himself re-elected from the current assemblies. The committee, which consists of Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Raja Zafarul Haq, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Asfandyar Wali and Imran Khan, will announce schedule for protest rallies to be organised in all four provincial capitals.
Protest rallies! We'll use peeeeeeople powwwwwer to remove the hated Perv! Who do these yokels think they are, Democrats? | The Pakistan Peoples Party did not attend the meeting due to its differences with the MMA.
The meeting in its joint declaration vowed to struggle for the restoration of the Constitution and elimination of armys role in politics. It demanded Musharrafs resignation from both offices, a caretaker government of national consensus and an independent election commission to make the upcoming elections free and fair.
Didn't wish for a pony. Too bad. |
Posted by: Steve White 2007-05-26 |