LONDON: Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as President of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, claimed by British Newspaper The Sunday Telegraph.
According to the newspaper, one close confidante said that the President believed he had run out of options after three of the main parties who triumphed in last week’s poll announced they would form a coalition government together, and also pledged to reinstate the country’s chief justice and 60 other judges sacked by Pervez Musharraf in November.
According to senior aides, Pervez Musharraf wants to avoid a power struggle with the newly elected parliament, in which his opponents will be close to the two-thirds majority needed to impeach him and remove him from office, the paper said.
“He may have made many mistakes, but he genuinely tried to build the country and he doesn’t want to destroy it just for the sake of his personal office,” said an official close to the president.
Officials said he had considered resigning immediately after the election results were known, but had been persuaded by party loyalists that his sudden departure could precipitate a crisis.
Behind the scenes, his staff attempted to broker an agreement with Asif Zardari, who became leader of the main Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) following the assassination of his wife, Benazir Bhutto.
Yet despite pressure from America, which has relied on Musharraf’s support for its war on terror, Asif Ali Zardari refused to strike a deal, claimed by the newspaper.
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He is considerring resigning?????
Wow…maybe he does have a half an ounce of dignity. Perhaps a full ounce…but we don’t know for sure.