Rule change favors Pakistan's Musharraf

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Source: Associated Press via Yahoo! News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Election Commission announced a rule change Monday that would apparently allow President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to seek a new, five-year term while still serving as army chief.

Opposition parties insist the U.S.-backed Musharraf is ineligible to run, but the commission said it had changed a rule so that a key article of the constitution no longer applied.

"The chief election commissioner of Pakistan has made the requisite amendment, with the approval of the president," the commission said in a statement.

The rule change drew an outraged response from opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. She also accused Musharraf's allies of leading the country toward a dangerous crisis by refusing to restore democracy and share power.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_politics

[paparush]

1. Gee. Couldn't see this coming .

Bush: If it works over there, we'll try it over here..