If Pervez Musharraf had an ounce of integrity, he'd step down as military chief NOW

anybody who buys this line of crap probably also believes in the tooth fairy and what george bush has to say...

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected president and will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The promise to stand down as army chief removes a major objection to Musharraf's proposed re-election by October 15, but legal challenges abound.

U.S. ally Musharraf retained his army post after he seized power in a 1999 coup despite opposition calls to quit.

"If elected for a second term as president, General Pervez Musharraf shall relinquish charge of office of chief of army staff soon after election and before taking oath of office," Musharraf's chief lawyer, Sharifuddin Pirzada, told the Supreme Court during a hearing into challenges against Musharraf's rule.

promises from habitual liars about what they will do in the future don't hold much water for me... pakistanis have been screaming for musharraf to give up his military role for eight years and he keeps putting them off... he knows that his tenuous grip on power is in no small part due to his control of the military, so it's no wonder he says he won't give up that control until AFTER he's re-elected... and, of course, once he's back in office, he can pull the same crap he's pulled all along, claiming that the security and stability of the country REQUIRE that he keep his army post... liars are liars are liars...

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