Political allies of the embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Friday pledged to oppose the move to impeach him in the parliament.
The leaders of the PML-Q party, Musharraf's main political ally, said on Friday that they will oppose the impeachment move and expressed confidence in defeating in the move as the government does not have the necessary two-third majority in the assembly and senate to push the impeachment through.
The ruling coalition is currently short of the required 295 votes in the Senate and National Assembly to remove Musharraf and will have to rely on another 65 votes from independent candidates and regional political parties to muster the required majority for an impeachment.
The PML-Q leaders also expressed hopes of getting support against the impeachment move from independents, legislators from FATA, members from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and the Amin Fahim group.
Their pledge of loyalty to the Pakistani president came after two major ruling coalition parties, the PML-N and the PPP, announced Thursday that they will proceed with the impeachment motion against President Musharraf.
Meanwhile, sources close to the president said that he might move the Supreme Court in order to counter efforts by the four-party coalition to impeach him. However, top constitutional experts expressed doubts on whether the Supreme Court can stay an impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf.
The only two other options left for Musharraf are- to face the impeachment motion in the parliament and defeat it, or to dissolve parliament. Because of his current unpopularity, public mood and international concerns, it is doubtful whether any of the two moves could save him from impeachment.
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