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National Assembly ratifies Musharraf's Presidency

ISLAMABAD DEC. 28. Pakistan's National Assembly tonight ratified Pervez Musharraf's Presidency and his diluted constitutional amendments with a two-third majority with the Islamist alliance, Muthahid Majlis Amal (MMA), voting for it after a deal with the Government.

Official media reports said the 17th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which included legitimising Gen. Musharraf's election as President through a referendum last year, was ratified by the National Assembly with a two-third majority enabling him to continue in the post till 2007.

However, Gen. Musharraf managed to obtain the support of the MMA only after agreeing to quit the powerful post of the Chief of Army in December 2004.

The Bill was passed with 236 to 40 votes by the 342-member Assembly indicating that some of the mainstream Opposition either abstained or voted against the Bill while the MMA, which blocked Parliament for over a year, voted for the amendments.

PTI

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