"Civil society has won out"
"Pakistan defuses political crisis over judges; Zardari vow to reinstate chief justice key" by Kathy Gannon and Stephen Graham, Associated Press | March 17, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The promised reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice defused a protest movement threatening the US-allied government, but it could still spell trouble for the country's struggling president.
They never quit, do they?
The army is said to have directed President Asif Ali Zardari to defuse the developing showdown with opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and lawyers leading a column of protesters toward the capital Sunday night. But by yielding to demands to restore judges fired by former military ruler and US ally Pervez Musharraf, Zardari may have strengthened democracy in the nuclear-armed nation as it faces daunting security and economic challenges.
"Never before in Pakistan's political history have you had people standing up for the rule of law, for the constitution," said Nasim Zehra, a political and defense analyst. "Civil society has won out."
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Now if only you could get Americans to STAND UP for the CONSTITUTION!
