President General Pervez Musharraf will ask the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to get two-third majority support to keep his uniform on, but it is yet to be seen what the president concedes to the two parties in return for their support, Daily Times Editor Najam Sethi said on Friday.In an interview to Geo television, Sethi said that Musharraf would not remove his uniform in a hurry. He said that the MMA and the ARD would not unite, adding that PPP Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto wanted a deal with Musharraf some way or the other. “There is a split in the MMA because unlike the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the JUI-F wants a deal with the government,” said Sethi.
The Daily Times editor said that Musharraf was expected to make a deal with the PPP on his terms or he could enter into an agreement with the JUI-F. He added that Musharraf would loose legitimacy if he tried to get re-elected from the present assemblies. Sethi said that Musharraf wanted a majority win for the ruling PML and its coalition parties in the National Assembly and Punjab and he would not hesitate to rig the elections for this purpose. He added that the NA elections could be held in November or December and the provincial assemblies’ elections in April or May. “Musharraf will come to know which way the wind blows if he holds the provincial assemblies’ elections before the NA elections,” he added.