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By B. Muralidhar Reddy
`Take it or leave it', was the blunt response of Gen. Musharraf to the demand by the Opposition parties for reversal of the laws promulgated by him. It has paralysed Parliament insisting on the withdrawal of Musharraf laws and the resignation of Gen. Musharraf as Army Chief. Implied in the comments of Gen. Musharraf is the suggestion that the Opposition is endangering the life of the National Assembly. His argument is that the October general elections were held under the Legal Framework Order (LFO) and its withdrawal should logically lead to the dissolution of Parliament. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has invited the Opposition leaders for a dialogue but he has nothing to offer as Gen. Musharraf has already ruled out any `compromise' on the issues raised by the Opposition. Gen. Musharraf had some harsh words for the Opposition. In Lahore, he told reporters that he would not address the joint session of Parliament while the current situation in the two Houses lasted. He maintained that the LFO was a part of the Constitution and it would never be changed. "I will address only a civilised Assembly because I do not want the world to develop the perception that we are not civilised (people)'', he said with reference to the vociferous protests by the Opposition in Parliament. ``I don't think it is necessary to address Parliament,'' Gen. Musharraf said when asked about his plans to address a joint session of the National Assembly and the Senate. Asked if the present Assembly would be able to complete its term, he said he was hopeful that it would. Without referring to the combined Opposition's demand that the LFO be tabled in the form of a Bill in Parliament for approval by the people's representatives, the President said: "The opponents of the LFO will have to reconcile themselves with it sooner or later.
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