Carla Neal/Feb. 22 11:45 am/Democracy
In a letter focused to the US, the newly reelected president of Pakistan, Musharraf prides himself and his country on the recent and first fair and free election that took place in Pakistan on Feb. 18th. He claims that his country is now on its way to becoming a democracy and that in order for the country to do this, they will need the support of other democracies such as the US. He also writes that the Pakistani government and people are not radical Islamic like the terrorists and will help the US combat terrorism in any way possible to help make democracies more secure and safe and he claims that the Pakistani military is already helping defend against these situations and are serving to protect their government and people in an upstanding and professional manner. One last thing he mentions in the letter is the “economic strategy” of the government which is to educate and “provide opportunities and benefits” to the people in order make the country a “better place”.
This is a letter, letting the US government know that the Pakistan is becoming a democracy and embracing it, this is after he recently declared that Pakistani people were not ready for democracy and probably wouldn’t be any time soon. It is this reason along with the fact that, only several months ago the same president/leader seized control of the people by military force and having some opponents sent to jails and held as political prisoners, I am still skeptical about this leaders intentions when it comes to the good of his country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102158.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
1 comment:
On February 18th Musharraf was resoundingly defeated in the election by the party of Benazir Bhutto and the party of Nawaz Sharif, which parties have been tlaking about forming a political coalition to rule the country. I could not access you article that you pulled this from, but I think the info in it may be outdated. Bush still talks about keeping Musharraf in power, although unless he is willing to stage a coup himself I don't know how he will do that, and it certainly would not fall under the heading of democracy if he did.
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