Islamabad (PTI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has no intention of stepping down and there is no possibility of an Army takeover due to the worsening political crisis sparked by a countrywide protest by lawyers and opposition parties, a Presidential spokesman said on Sunday.
Mr. Zardari will not step down as there is no reason for him to resign, spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. The long march launched by the lawyers and opposition parties is aimed at dislodging the government led by the Pakistan People's Party but it will not succeed, he added.
Mr. Babar also ruled out the possibility of the Pakistan Army stepping in to take over the administration.
"Why would he (Zardari) step down? He has been elected in accordance with the constitution by the electoral college comprising all the provincial assemblies and the parliament," Mr. Babar told Dawn News channel.
"If the Constitution of Pakistan stays, if the country stays, there is no reason for the President to step aside and to resign. Let us therefore dispel this impression — he will not resign. There is no question of that," he said.
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When one has to say they are not stepping down, one is not in a good place.