Jum'ah Journal

You have all probably listened to the debates of the presidential hopefuls of both sides here. I did not listen to all of the debates but some I did.
I am impressed by the individual hardwork each one of them must have done to be able to say a few things about all the different and varied subjects they were questioned on. All offered a definite 'policy' or a set of answers to these questions no matter who was aking and no matter how the question was being placed.
I have always enjoyed the air of 'democracy' in this process of 'election' and when in England I saw the same thing there too but much less expensive than it is here in the states.
It is only natural for me to think of the Pakistani president who
1.succesfully dissolved the opposing (or possibly opposing) Judiciary (Suppreme court)
2.Equally successfully enthroaned a new Judiciary
3.made his retirement from Army an event for the nation
4.made sure that all the decisions taken during the Martial Law are made "unchallangable' (Such as sacking of all those Suppreme court Judges who refused to accept Martial Law as legal.
5.Entrusted the authority of dissolving the Martial Law in the (future) president
6. And it is expected, so far, that the Martial Law will be lifted on the 15th of December
Has performed a remarkably swift job of accomplishing all that in a short span of TWO WEEKS and got himself sworn-in as (civilian) president of Pakistan. (there may be more than 6 counted things of this period)
This would be 'officially' his third term, but I am sure, after 5 years (if he does survive that period) he will say this was his first term because he is becoming president as a civilian for the first time (and the previous 8 years will not be counted) and he will impose himself for another 5 years and make it 'look' legal)
I understand the difference of democracy in a young country like Pakistan and old one like USA and I'll give you the difference of educational levels of the people and everything but does that still sound reasonalble to you? To me this is mockery of democracy.
On the one hand I admire this man's undaunted self aggrandizement, and on the other absolutely condemn his methods of high-handedness and the deftful use of totalitarian authority to achieve his goal of remaining president of Pakistan "one way or the other".
But , the curtain has not yet dropped on the political drama of Pakistan.
I continue to pray for Pakistan and request all the readers to do the same.