SocraticGadfly: Two-thirds of Pakistanis want Musharraf out — will he go?

December 13, 2007

Two-thirds of Pakistanis want Musharraf out — will he go?

An International Republican Institute poll has the details:
The poll showed more than two-thirds of Pakistanis opposed Musharraf's move on November 3 to impose emergency rule and suspend the constitution. He then cracked down on the media, detained thousands of opponents and replaced the Supreme Court. …

The poll underscores Musharraf's slumping popularity this year as the armed forces struggled with growing militant violence, while his attempt to remove Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry backfired and sparked widespread street protests.

But, with Chaudhry and other judges still in lock-up, how can anything result but the rigged election most Pakistanis exist?

We’ll see just how committed to democracy BushCo is by the statement Condoleezza Rice makes after the election.

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