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| Zardari says his eligibility cannot be challenged |
| 2009-11-29 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that the 17th Constitutional Amendment will be done away with during the month of December. "We wanted to abolish the 17th Amendment from the day one but we wanted to do it through unanimous decision, as the 1973 Constitution was also approved unanimously," the president said in an interview with a private television channel. During the interview, the president said he has indemnity and his eligibility cannot be challenged in any court. "According to our legal team, the president has indemnity and its eligibility cannot be challenged now," President Zardari said. About challenging his eligibility as president, he said, his eligibility as candidate for the president was not challenged even by his opponent candidates at the time of election. The president said Justice (R) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui and Mushahid Hussain Syed did not challenge his eligibility before the election process. President Zardari said Pakistan People's Party was always targeted even in the tenure of former President Musharraf and before. He said the struggle by PPP leaders to reach Presidency from the chains (from jail) continued. Commenting on the Balochistan package, the president said it is a wonderful start for the development of the province adding that complaints from some quarters can be there. Replying to a question about former president Musharraf, he said, "Let the court decide about him (Musharraf)". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Old CIA proverb: If you kick the king, you better kill him. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-11-29 23:14 |
| #2 Memo to all nations, when you depose the leader, kill him do NOT simply throw him out. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-11-29 14:16 |
| #1 When I read the title, I wonder what this is about; did he actually produce his birth certificate or something? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-11-29 11:10 |