Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf said in a US newspaper interview he has no plans to resign despite a sweeping election victory by opposition parties over his allies.
Asked by the paper whether he would resign or retire, Musharraf said: "No, not yet. We have to move forward in a way that we bring about a stable democratic government to Pakistan."
"I would like to function with any party and any coalition because that is in the interest of Pakistan," Musharraf told the newspaper, declining to say whether he was concerned his opponents would try to oust him.
"We have to go for conciliatory politics and harmonious interaction within the government, between various parties and between the prime minister and the government. I will strive towards that end. On the other side, I can’t say."
"The president has no mandate to share governing power with the prime minister. The prime minister runs the government," he added.
"The clash would be if the prime minister and president would be trying to get rid of each other. I only hope we would avoid these clashes."
Despite calls for him to step down, from Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif and Peoples Party’s leader Asif Ali Zardari Musharraf has refused to budge.
Major opposition parties PPP and Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N have earn sweeping election victory over Musharraf’s allies.
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