In an emergency session, the Supreme Court ruled the move unconstitutional. But Musharraf reportedly suspended the entire panel when the justices refused to sign new oaths. He was expected address the nation later and cite continuing fighting in the turbulent Swat Valley as his reason.The Bush administration has been trying to pressure Musharraf against instituting martial law amid increasing unrest, and, yesterday, in a last ditch effort, Condi Rice "sent a warning to Musharraf not to take authoritarian measures to hold on to power."
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and the other judges remained in the courthouse Saturday evening as police blocked the road to the building. Chaudhry had been removed from the court by Muharraf earlier this year, but the court reinstated him in August.
"This is a very fateful day for the country. Pakistan is in deep, deep crisis," said Aitzaz Ahsan, Chaudhry's attorney. "It is one man against the nation." Ahsan said that he expected to be arrested later Saturday night.
And her quote on the matter is just priceless: "I think it would be quite obvious that the United States would not be supportive of extra-constitutional means." Oh, my aching sides!
Who are these people that can continue to say such totally hypocritical horseshit without a trace of irony, as if they hadn't sold off the moral highground to strip mall developers years ago?
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