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Monday, May 23, 2005

Musharraf's Choice: Hosni Mubarik or the Turkish Generals? (by Nasim Zehra) - Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"Musharraf's Choice: Hosni Mubarik or the Turkish Generals?
by Nasim Zehra
(Monday 23 May 2005)
'The Local Government elections due in August will be the first window on what path Musharraf opts for. Within the Muslim world he can see the results of the two options. General Hosni Mubarik in Egypt has opted to stay with khaki democracy, manipulate the political landscape and keep Egypt in perpetual political turmoil and a dangerous divisiveness. The Turkish general Kenan Evren meanwhile opted to genuinely 'repair' Turkish democracy and we see its results in a genuine democratic order in Turkey. Evren drew up a road map for the return of genuine democracy and then stayed the course. General Musharraf has yet to make his choice.' "

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