MUSHARRAF COURT PRACTICES LIKE THOSE IN U.S.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the new Supreme Court of Pakistan, hand-picked by President Musharraf himself after he ousted the former justices, would rule that President Musharraf’s continued hold on power was legal. If you can’t trust your buddies to rule as you wish, whom can you trust?

Of course, the United States envoy in the region, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, conveyed this Country’s displeasure at Musharraf’s move away from a transparent democratic process, but the Administration’s bark regarding the replacement of Supreme Court Justices was dampened, in part, because Musharraf’s Supreme Court shenanigans reflects similar ideological shenanigans practiced here in the United States.

It’s not whether the justice will be fair that counts. It’s whether the justice will follow the nominating President’s ideology. Unfortunately, there’s a huge difference between the two!