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Thursday, May 08, 2008

Musharraf’s impeachment may harm economy: Zardari

* PPP chief says every Pakistani has right to debate CJP appointment

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: While the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) does not recognise President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president, the country’s economic conditions may deteriorate if he is impeached, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday. In an interview with ARY TV, he said that Musharraf’s remnants would not be allowed to survive. He said that while the PPP did not support Musharraf, the prime minister and parliament had a working relationship with the Presidency for smooth functioning of government affairs. He said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani had spelled out the PPP’s aims by ordering the release of the detained judges in his maiden speech to the National Assembly. The committee drafting a resolution for the restoration of the judges was formed to finalise the modalities for the restoration of the sacked judges, he said. He also clarified that the judges’ restoration had not been part of the PPP’s election slogan. Right: He said that parliament would be involved in appointing judges of superior courts in future, following the ratification of the constitutional package. He said that he personally believed that there should be a proper procedure for the appointment of judges. There must be scrutiny of the appointment of chief justice of Pakistan as every Pakistani has a right to debate the appointment of the CJP, he added. The PPP co-chairman said that while he and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif both opposed the 17th Amendment, its repeal would abolish the reserved seats for women and minorities in the National Assembly. Zardari said that the prime minister had provided relief to the media in his first speech, adding that the government invited criticism. According to APP, the co-chairman said that the present government had inherited various problems from the previous regime, adding that they would be resolved by creating an atmosphere of reconciliation in the country. He vowed to pull the country out of all its inherited crises.
Courtesy Daily Times

 

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