All the 191 ruling party members voted for Aziz - an ally of President Pervez Musharraff - while opposition members boycotted the vote following [speaker Chaudhry Amir] Hussain's decision to not allow their own candidate, the jailed Javed Hashmi, to attend the session.
Hashmi is serving a 23-year jail sentence for treason after a court convicted him in April over a letter he distributed, saying it was from army officers criticising President Musharraf.
Opposition members carrying pictures of exiled former premiers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, and wearing black arm bands, chanted slogans of "Shame, Shame," to protest against the decision.
Chanting "Restore True Democracy", members of both Islamist and secular opposition parties trooped out of the hall when Hussain announced the start of voting.
Aljazeera article
Hashmi is serving a 23-year jail sentence for treason after a court convicted him in April over a letter he distributed, saying it was from army officers criticising President Musharraf.
Opposition members carrying pictures of exiled former premiers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, and wearing black arm bands, chanted slogans of "Shame, Shame," to protest against the decision.
Chanting "Restore True Democracy", members of both Islamist and secular opposition parties trooped out of the hall when Hussain announced the start of voting.
Musharraf is another of Washington's puppets, and we can't expect anything resembly true democracy in a country led by a U.S. puppet, but that might have been interesting to see - what would happen if your Prime Minister were in jail doing time?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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